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to where it belongs - You would
your ashes over the sea - the
poetry of your being going back
unhinged -taken apart -regrouped
structure giving way to unrhymed
free verse - your history
later with our beloved Darwish
relished reciting the couplets
of Al-Mutanabb
i and Shawqi - but
meter in classical Arab poetry
could invoke the other meaning
of sea - the bahr that refers to
on Sundays - dig in the sand to
It was where you could bring
your family to picnic and frolic
reflection - woundrous and
Beirut you tried to reimagine it
as a chronicler - a place of
generous and deep
reach the water below - You
a lovely convergence
- You
you saw the bahr ebbing - the
Maybe we should have scattered
