POETRY
Chris Abani Victoria Chang Michael Chitwood Keith Ekiss Gibson Fay-LeBlanc Beth Ann Fennelly Raza Ali Hasan James Hoch Cyan James Julia Johnson Larry Levis Khaled Mattawa Timothy O’Keefe Catherine Pierce Jon Pineda John Poch Austin Segrest Louie Skipper Ron Smith Robert Thomas Joshua Weiner Lesley Wheeler Charles Wright
RAZA ALI HASAN
19
We had barely sat down; the rows had yet to fill up; the film had not even begun when you, Allah, ordered us
to leave with the usual lover’s promises of “tomorrow,” of screening our favorite epic on a more favorable tomorrow.
We, the matinee film lovers, were dispersed as the day’s strong light adjusted to the sadness of twilight.
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