Bedouin
of the summer
sheikh
camped upon
the air conditioner
cooling
your richness
a fur coat
your plumage
your reign
a desert trek
a scalding deck
panting
sweating tongues
salt upon your nose
prints
draped crown
keffiyeh
blessed be your eyes
following
hope
leader
of our tribe.
∞
Submitted as part of “National/Global Poetry Writing Month” (#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo).
Today’s prompt: Day Seventeen: “Here is today’s prompt…. This is a fun one – it’s a prompt developed by the comic artist Lynda Barry, and it asks you to think about dogs you have known, seen, or heard about, and then use them as a springboard into wherever they take you.”
30 Poems in 30 Days
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