Tuesday, 2 March 2010

Confessions at the Strait of Gibraltar



This morning I am laying to rest what is left from your scent 

And the bakhnoug, which wrapped both nude bodies of us, once 

I am burning it, now

In these sacred bowels

At the Strait of Gibraltar

An ancient empire of fire’s rejoicing the AHS 

Delivering its bygone citizens and cities frames

Old sighs freeze, dear Tebra

And no banshee of the first Timnza reappears, 

At the strait of Gibraltar

A saga of a grand terra firma has awakened 

The epic alchemy that has bewitched 

The wanderer, the warrior, and the wild land in me

So far, Tebra

Drop your antiques for Now,

 I row no further in your time 

This time I shall take off you bakhnoug,

Release your vagabond robes

Take off your weighty sandals

And sit in the slime, feed an evermore modern figment of mine 

Forage the roving scars on your bodily map

Your time has dropped down, and you’re 

The only Tebra with timeless leap

Your memory withers Tebra my dear 

Your ghosts quiver 

Your colors fester as your bakhnoug.

This time I row no further in your time

This time I row no further in your boiling sea

Can’t you see Tebra, the new juicy blood spinning in me?

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