Kazim Ali |
After I Said It
And after I said it
After I fell from the window
After I turned down the bed of history
Turned down the ocean road
Far enough down the ocean road
To dune-grasses, seagulls
In these other days
In another life
I did not say it
And in a different life
In my third life
I did not even think it
At the window
In my favorite blue shirt
Light sparkling up from the water
In my fourth life, angels
In my fifth life, windows
Kazim Ali
After I Said It appears in The Far Mosque (Alice James Books, 2005).
Poem, copyright © 2005 by Kazim Ali
Appearing on From the Fishouse with permission
Audio file, copyright © 2005, From the Fishouse
Posted on July 14, 2005 7:10 AM