Autobiography
By Kazim Ali
we didn’t really speak
my summer wants to answer
the architecture doesn’t matter
this is not my real life
when I am here I want to know
why do I believe what I was taught
a storm is on the way
close all the windows
begin at the earliest hour
is there a self
Copyright Credit: Kazim Ali, "Autobiography" from The Fortieth Day. Copyright © 2008 by Kazim Ali. Reprinted by permission of BOA Editions, Ltd.
Source: The Fortieth Day (BOA Editions Ltd., 2008)