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tamer saiD mostafa
Ode to Wedding Cake Indica
—after Chris Abani
There is never enough tiredness
to solve incantation. Even longing is a gift.
My lungs are too ungrateful for the fog.
They absolve the body of disobedience,
convulse inside an over-worked hammock.
I wrap prayers around the blasphemy
with hope of reverting
to some nebular semblance overhead.
Snow geese—still phonic—manufacture
their formation from a language
only nihilists know. I take a single drag,
sink through the canvas—bonded and sovereign.
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Mostafa is an Arab-American, Muslim poet from Stockton, California. His work has appeared in Confrontation, Guernica, and Freezeray, among other publications. Tamer is a Pushcart nominee, and a graduate of the Creative Writing program at UC Davis. He lives life through spirituality, community work, and the music of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.
