I
wish I was a lobster to feel
no
pain.
But
when I remembered the delicious pain
of
North African lemons
that
pierce the tongue,
I
declared this wish null.
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Ali
Znaidi
(b.1977) lives in Redeyef, Tunisia, where he teaches English. He
authored four poetry chapbooks including Experimental
Ruminations
(Fowlpox Press, 2012), Moon’s
Cloth Embroidered with Poems
(Origami Poems Project, 2012), Bye,
Donna Summer!
(Fowlpox Press, 2014), and Taste
of the Edge
(Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2014). You can see more of his work on
his blog at aliznaidi.blogspot.com
Also in this issue
Short Fiction Playing Games in the Delta by Lauri Kubuitsile In Her Sister’s Shadow by Hannah Onoguwe Jar of misfortune by Mulumba Ivan Matthias Jaw’ed Angel by Yazeed Dezele
Poetry Like My Mind by David Ishaya Osu The Plan by David Ishaya Osu A Cancellation by Ali Znaidi I’m Unlike My Mother by Liz Leppy
Spoken Word Inside the Mind of a Happy Side Dish by Acen Miriam Carolyne
BN Poetry Awards Special Interview with Tom Jalio
Short Fiction Playing Games in the Delta by Lauri Kubuitsile In Her Sister’s Shadow by Hannah Onoguwe Jar of misfortune by Mulumba Ivan Matthias Jaw’ed Angel by Yazeed Dezele
Poetry Like My Mind by David Ishaya Osu The Plan by David Ishaya Osu A Cancellation by Ali Znaidi I’m Unlike My Mother by Liz Leppy
Spoken Word Inside the Mind of a Happy Side Dish by Acen Miriam Carolyne
BN Poetry Awards Special Interview with Tom Jalio