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Ali Znaidi


Crow Blues

The crow lands on a bare bough
of the tree of your obsolete childhood.
The leaves rush to cover up this nakedness.

On your way home
it’s mandatory to smile back
to the Janus-faced people.

The crow is tak­ing over the
center and the edges of the bare bough. 

Who knows what secrets
they conceal in their smiles.

The crow spreads
its wings against the tree, cawing at last.

I think 
your ears yearn for jazz.

And now, 
your dejection returns, a certain urge 
for panacea telling you: 
stop talking on your mobile phone

& listen to the caws!

Synopsis of a Ghost Story

In the surging waves 
of the howling wind that bites the flesh 
of the sand
your music will dispel the thick mist.
Did you see how the sunset amazed the ghosts?

Drops

Picture

Extinction

Another green tree
perishes--
I mean naked mountains
& plains.
Another music radio station
shuts up--
I mean a bird singing
on a bough
shot dead.
Another Juliet
perishes--
I mean a bird feeding
his lover
a venomous worm
enriched with
toxic pesticide.


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Ali Znaidi's profile

a drift into the unknown

black ants 
scathing my skin

those stings really 
do matter

an anesthesia


similar to touching thistle

a drift into

the pleasures of forgetfulness 

a glass of red wine: a "Vispo"

Picture

Thawing

The sun’s rays weren’t
always as sharp as blades.

Today they forgot about 
their computers.
Copies of the newspaper
were in everyone’s hands.

Page 3 Girl,
the epitome of cosmic aesthetics,
served like a magnet
drawing icebergs in
to have their share 
of tha[wing].

A Haiku Poem

Tarry drops fell on
her calligraphic tattoos--
A blackout haiku.


Tunisian Desert

Sand soaked
in sleek satin.
Touching it
resembles
kissing
the soft
cheek
of a blonde.
Kissing it--
a paradise
unraveled/
Satan
expelled.

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