Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Tinariwen


A fierce sun rains down
Rays travel the Sahara
To reach me sleep-dazed in Baltimore
The rhythm moves circular
Like the calabash shape
Like the sun spinning wildly above
Levitation music for rebel souls
Dream a sandstorm
Ride a camel down Saint Paul Street
And wave a sword
Like a lost god

I lost everything here
And reassemble myself
Beside burning bushes
Lining toxic creeks
Beneath lightning bolts flashing
Illuminating the world of those
Living beneath the underpass
The sky turned violet
Radio in the caravan


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