e-poetria la lubnan

The experiment continues
Self-perceived as unabashed
Finalizing the test results–
Why is the margin of error so high?
Repeat you must
For will is ideology
And guns mean perpetual war.
Your posters fly with the Beiruti wind
Overlooking an arena of once economic prosperity–
Today, slums and dirty streets.
Add another variable to your name
A Christian counterpart should surely set the record straight.
Sectarian?
Heavens, no!
I stand for Lebanon
A claim self-erected like tents and flags:
My red is bleeding orange
My green cedar has been contaminated
The white has failed
To withstand mothballs and time
And has yellowed a reeking stain
Of fanatical dimensions
And existential fantasticalism.
Poor Lebanon–
Why do you bother holding on
To deserved reconciliation
And boundless imitation?

Ana- January 2, 2007