From “Every Night I Kiss the Ground’s Feet”

The soldiers that had gotten lost in the desert

are knocking on my door

Have you killed my brothers?

And the terrified little girl that gave you water,

was she raped?

Shall I rinse your hands?

Have you managed to see the desert night?

The stars saw you

as you bombed the slumbering

and their dreams gusted away to the heavens

I slept on the street in Herat last night

I heard everything

You were all there too

You kicked me and shot a man

who was carrying warm freshly baked bread to his children

Relinquish your uniforms and enter

Enter unguarded