in washed-out fields of poppies, pale gold, dusty rose
your fingers against my throat
i will remember
your head in my lap
the smoothness of your back, red after every shower
and mourn for the swat valley, lahore, and peshawar
where, in such a wake, small things are forgotten
my eyes will still be closed when i see you again
but i will not forget
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