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D.B. Cox
Heshu
On
October 12, 2002,
Heshu Yones, a sixteen-year old Iraqi Kurd who was planning
to run away from her family home in London had her throat cut by
her father, because he believed she was dating a non-muslim
and had become too westernized. -- Harper’s Magazine
and
when
he had slaughtered
his
wayward, western daughter,
the
one he
could not comprehend,
him
crazy
-- out of control,
like
some
blind and willful beast.
when
his
anger was spent,
and
the
silent room began
to
whisper
its accusations.
what
then?
did
he
scream out her name?
did
he
bend to touch
her
perfect face, and gaze
into
staring, black eyes?
did
his
blood-stained fingers
trace
the
long, dark
waterfall
of her hair
to
where
it flowed
into
that
cruel, red river
just
below
her throat?
did
he
now, in utter despair
of
his own
fatal vision,
turn
the
blade on himself
and
write
a fitting end to this
pathetic,
one-act play?
or?
did
he
coldly
lay
the
knife
on
the
killing floor,
place
a
call,
and
wait.
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| D. B. Cox: Blues
musician/poet, originally from South Carolina, now resides in Watertown
Massachusetts. He has written poetry for a few years, but, until
recently, had
never submitted any for publication This Spring, he has had poetry
published
in: Ken*Again, Adagio Verse
Quarterly, Poetry Repair Shop, and Perigee. email:
D.B.Cox
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09-04
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