Blackbird an online journal of literature and the arts Fall 2007  Vol. 6 No. 2

POETRY

Chris Abani
Victoria Chang
Michael Chitwood
Keith Ekiss
Gibson Fay-LeBlanc
Beth Ann Fennelly
Raza Ali Hasan
James Hoch
Cyan James
Julia Johnson
Larry Levis
Khaled Mattawa
Timothy O’Keefe
Catherine Pierce
Jon Pineda
John Poch
Austin Segrest
Louie Skipper
Ron Smith
Robert Thomas
Joshua Weiner
Lesley Wheeler
Charles Wright


RAZA ALI HASAN

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Where the ever-rolling concrete comes to a stop
and junks drop anchor for metaphysical comfort,

stands the emporium of water sculptures
where bargain hunters converge and stand at attention

as God fixes interest rates, hands out short- and long-term loans,
and makes nations rise and fall the way the sea ebbs and flows.
  

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