Photo: Matt Brown. Kabul, Afghanistan.
30 August 2021
For the last American soldier:
Poem by Samay Hamed, General director, PEN Afghanistan
Tell her about the colorful dance of kites, as if they were the earrings of the sky
Tell her about the taste of Afghan food, which tastes like sweet adventures
Tell all mirrors are aquariums
For fish that smile with children’s lips
Don’t tell the truth
Do not say that you shot dreams
Do not say that you have built new graves For human rights and children
Do not tell any facts about USA in Afghanistan
Let the diplomats wipe the blood from the roads with their tongues
Do not tell children anything About the fall of democracy from the plane
About pushing emotion into a hole full of rotten water
About the shouts you made to keep the children away
American children will be scared
And they will doubt your humanity
Just say: our war is over, Let’s play a new game!
DEL SAKEN PÅ:
