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Death's Invitation (Free verse) by eliastemplar

I cheated death today I stole one second, one inch, and one degree from him. In the blink of an eye his hand was empty and I still breathed. When the fear had passed and the smoke had cleared I returned to his broken trap. There on the ground lay a copper coin and I stole this too. I put it on a chain around my neck. This way I'm sure I'll never forget.

zodiac

9-Oct-04/2:58 AM

I love the expression "the battle to win hearts and minds". It's such an ace manly way to describe breaking the traditional melon in the company of old men so sexually overwrought (from oppressing all their women into nonexistence) that casually resting a hand on your thigh while insisting on calling you "Habeebi" (or whatever the Farsi equivalent is) is the closest they've come to orgasm since the Taliban outlawed men's undergarments. That, and it's just a fucking hilarious thing to say, whatever the situation.

PS-The people here (AND their neighbors) are constantly plotting to feed me goat-meat doused liberally with goat-yoghurt (skinned goat-head included). And today on the bus, a kid in high-school plotted for almost a half-hour to say "Hello, what's your name?" in English, though I happened to be having a conversation in Arabic with the bus driver at the time. Weird how different things are for us, huh?

Sincerely,
zodiac
Karak, Jordan

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