AMBIKA TALWAR
Wiry Young Man in
Back-to-front Baseball Cap Waiting to Check in at Delta-Air France, Dimpled…
that he likes pictures
that he knows a man, so what he did, he drew a guy an old man
1/2 white 1/2 black
that we need to do something crazy – craazzee
that we must paint, be amazing and creative
that he’s going to Paris to see his brother who has a new baby girl
that he is godfather to this baby girl – mom is French
that he’d like people to live in peace to live in peace
that that’s basically it – that’s it
that he’s Lebanese
that he’s lived in war all the time
that wherever he goes the war comes back to him (he laughs)
that peace is kind of boring but nice
that … is he going to be in a poem?
that he has no big dreams
that he is a principled person
that he has a friend in Bombay – Mumbai?
that his name is Dravid ... (then wonders if I write from left to right)
that he travels a lot ... wants to know if I have been to Nepal
that he works hard – just works hard
that no he has not thought of it – has no big dreams
that he play soccer – that’s it...! That’s it!
that he never lie – likes pure – still likes that...
that he wants something pure and original – not fake!
that Lebanon is a nice country has four seasons is very small
that now in April it’s snowing and go to the beach the same time
1/2 hour away
that raice is Phoenician – Raice! Raice!
that Lebanon distributed the letter – alphabet – to the world actually
that one-of-a-kind cedar only found in Lebanon
that it is very old…old, 3,000 years
that actually there’s a temple made in Palestine
that it’s made from this cedar – is mentioned in the Bible
that people of Lebanon they speak 3 languages – Arabic, French, English
that he’s going to Paris and the line is slow
that people in Lebanon – they don’t respect the law
that that’s bad – very bad
that it means peace – that Lebanon means peace
that it comes from the white skin of the orange – skin inside skin
that he never knew its meaning was peace ... and ... and freedom
isn’t that ridiculous?
Ambika Talwar is an India-born poet-artist,
educator, wellness consultant whose ecstatic poetry is a “bridge to other
worlds.” She authored 4 Stars & 25
Roses (poems for her father) and My
Greece: Mirrors & Metamorphoses, a poetic-spiritual travelogue.
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