The Capitulation of King Stomach
Slave stomach said to the rest of the body “I am King!” and the general populace of the body acquiesced worried lest its bond…
Halfway Through the Fast
Halfway through the fast is it a giant granite stone we shoulder uphill in a boiling sun? Or pool after reflective shady pool …
Hand of Light
A crater opens in the day and swallows us whole Though we may want to wander at the base of it asking for water…
Ramadan Goes Looking
(without music) (with music) Ramadan goes looking for the people who fast the best wearing the phases of the moon as a shield …
Signs of Allah
When the tide of the day pulls out and leaves the night standing on the shore swallowing the stars and the moon is nearly…
Ramadan’s Flame Hoops
OK let’s get this straight — Who wants to fast really? Put the body through drought’s grinding chains? Not reach for the plum …
His Pure Presence
A goat eats grass off the Beloved’s hill and gives white milk to the Beloved’s Messenger O body of seemingly little worth disc…
Ramadan is Burnished Sunlight
Ramadan is burnished sunlight on the cheek of the Beloved at the first dawn of creation first fruits burst on first green bran…
The Things of This World
The things of this world have gone a remove while fasting as if through a kind of glazed window just out of reach which…