GLOBAL SOUTH

POETRY IN VOICE

GLOBAL SOUTH

By Nadia Irshād

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This peace can be called ecstasy

it takes you for a turn

love

the vertical glorification


this blood, bombs and the rubble 

will be washed away soon

just wait, the broadcast will spill blood anew

Qabil and Habil 24 hour news


a refresh, the new rage, juicy gossip

picked from the thorns of the dark dot in the heart that covets 

the outlines can be seen where the sun rises

this is the stage until the show is finished


don't allow the poison in

it will rouse the darkness

you will lose yourself in what they call entertainment

what a wise sage once called donkey's impatience


keep your heart open so

the venom can't enter the cylindrical channel


once you shut the door it will enter with your haughty refusal

harkening back to once,

when

our first dishonour

to black earth, the womb, the clot

our mother


horizontal conclusions on an earth that is not flat

don't stop, til the soil and plant seeds

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