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Wednesday 5 September 2018

Revival - Liyou Libsekal

The gate-guard is at special attention
positioned in highland chill
new gold buttons and a collar
hand-twined blanket in a
dejected corner

on the tables, reserve is hung
and the meat devoured with the
finest whiskies teasing the men teasing
supple women; spitting and spilling
archaic laughter

on a plush bed, the bride to be
cries over a set of pearls
and a dress of silk bred in caves
is smeared with salt and kohl

and the glasses bubble in the hall
a relief for the risoriis as the guests
whip to amnesic strings
streaking soil over the marble

for a fortnight, the house will scramble

eat for days lest the good flesh spoils

Liyou Libsekal (born 1990) Ethiopia
Source: Cordite Poetry Review

2 comments:

  1. Hello Admin,

    Thank you for the great works you do.

    Kindly upload more poems of Liyou Libsekal and Titilope Sonuga.

    Thank you

    Peter.

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    1. Thanks Peter,
      No sooner asked than done... see today's post (28 August 2020)

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