Damascus

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and do not kill a soul that God has made sacrosanct
~Al An’am, 151.

Capital of an ancient-modern polis
suppliants to deities once
have heads now bent, facing the Qiblah.
Sacrifices to double-faced gods
might’ve ceased
but inhumane massacres persist,
merchants of double-deaths
executing Japanese war techniques. circa 1945.

Death does not see creeds Hafiz;
in dark-robed choir we howl our grieves.

dated 13.03.2017