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Poem, 'When I was Torn by War'

By Sinan Antoon. Edited by Melissa Tuckey, October 6, 2009

antoon

When I was torn by war
I took a brush
Immersed in death
And drew a window
On war’s wall
I opened it
Searching
For something
But
I saw another war
And a mother
Weaving a shroud
For the dead man
Still in her womb

Baghdad, 1990

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