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HUMAN PARTS
By Michael E. Stone
Buses bombed and human parts
Towers bombed and human hearts
spread, sprayed, and scattered.
Men unknown by men unknown.
How halt this hatred
darkness of fanatics
crazy in their attics
cellars stinking and
dungeons of the soul
all black?
Darken glimmers
false enlightenment,
self-deception
"this is what God wants,
or history wants,
or the nation's spirit wants."
If God wants this, I want not Him.
Mind deceived by self,
Heart twisted by hate.
How do they sleep?
Well, I fear.
December 25 2008
* * * * *
CANCELLED
By Michael E. Stone
Cancelled - a stamp
with black ink showing date,
place, sometimes country
Cancelled - a flight
to somewhere
some town, some land.
Cancelled - a meeting
that might
have changed my life.
Cancelled - a page
in life's book,
replaced by another.
Cancelled - a check
overdrawn on life's
bank.
Cancelled. Cancelled.
The End.
October 2012
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Michael Stone is Professor of Armenian Studies at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem. He has published poetry in Ararat, Avocet,
Byline Magazine, Hazmat Review, King Log, Mandrake Poetry Review,
Ruah, White Heron, ARC, and Voices Anthology. He also translates
medieval Armenian poetry into English and has published translations
in Ararat, Sion and St. Nersess Theological Review. He is at present
finalizing an English translation of the medieval biblical epic
Adamgirk' by Arak'el of Siwnik'. In addition to poetry he has
published numerous scholarly books and articles on Armenian studies.
http://poetrywriting.org/Sketchbook6-1JanFeb2011/Sketchbook_6-1_JanFeb_2011_Contributing_Editor_Helen_Bar-Lev_Interview_with_Michael_Stone.htm