spell the name of the possible war crime twice
Dasht-e-Leili Dasht-e-Leili
like the names of leading hutu genocidaires
the horror of mass murder keeps me from memorizing
i seek no mnemonic device
how about 'my hopes were Dasht'?
is 'e-Leili' the prayer of the suffocated?
the tiv of nigeria taught me
a poet is a conscience of the lineage
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