my sunset: This is how I kiss you.
[open my eyes to miracles and blessings]
another country is in my front yard
laughing at each other with beers in their hands
they look funny in the snow.
it reminds me of waking to children
laughing in Bangla across the yard
or dressing in the cages of their windows
after the muslims have worshipped their god
on loud speaker [I will not say him name]
i have been thinking of orphans
not the kind you cannot converse with
but the ones who cannot speak
with clenched little fists
and cheeks softer than a bruised apple
the tiny ones who will never remember my face
but may sometimes listen to my voice
singing in a memory and wonder at the language
or at the light, the cloud of warmth that they cannot seem to shake
ps. I am in love with this guy.
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They say, "Become Jews and Christians, and you will be guided." Say, "But the religion of Abraham is rightly oriented; he was not a polytheist." Say, "We believe in God, and what was revealed to us, and what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and what was given to Moses and Jesus, and what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We do not make an distinction between any of them; we submit to God." So if they believe as you believe, they have already been guided; but if they turn away, then it is they alone who are being separatist. So God will suffice you against them; and God is all- hearing all-knowing. Here is baptism from God; and who is better at baptism than God? And we are devotees of God. Say, "Do you dispute with us about God, even though God is our Lord and your Lord too, and we are responsible for our acts while you are responsible for our acts, and we are sincere to God? "Or do you say that Abraham, Ishmael, Issac, Jacob, and the Tribes were Jews or Christians?" Say, "Do you know better, or does God?" And who is more wrong than those who conceal the testimony they have from God? God is not heedless of what you do! That was a people that has passed away; they will get what they earned, and you will get what you earned. And you will not be questioned about what they used to do [Quran 2:135-141].
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