by Indran Amirthanayagam
What we cannot explain. What we cannot
decipher in mind and heart. What we cannot
understand. That is the legacy of the man
decipher in mind and heart. What we cannot
understand. That is the legacy of the man
who supplied 2,000 pound bombs, fighter jets,
attack drones; sent naval gunships to anchor
within striking distance of the Strip,
and provided building blocks for the Iron Dome.
This man who championed and invested
in America, in more red than blue states,
besides walking the picket line, this loving
father and husband, left his mind near Yaffa,
on the road to Bethlehem, yet another
occupied territory. Free Biden I hear
blowing in the wind. among ashes. Too late.
Indran Amirthanayagam has just published Seer (Hanging Loose Press) and The Runner's Almanac (Spuyten Duyvil). El bosque de deleites fratricidas is forthcoming from RIL Editores. He is the translator of Origami: Selected Poems of Manuel Ulacia (Dialogos Books). Mad Hat Press published his love song to Haiti: Powèt Nan Pò A (Poet of the Port). Ten Thousand Steps Against the Tyrant (BroadstoneBooks) is a collection of Indran's poems. He edits The Beltway Poetry Quarterly and helps curate Ablucionistas. He hosts the Poetry Channel on YouTube and publishes poetry books with Sara Cahill Marron at Beltway Editions.
