Artwork by the author based on photographs by Etienne Godiard and Brandon Green, with thanks
Synopsis
This poem questions the commandments for a cohesive social world by referring to Hollywood Moses tablets.”
من خلال الوصايا الهولييودية، تشكّك كلمات الشعر بالقيادة من أجل شعبٍ متماسك
fell off the tablets, one by one disorderly the fifth was the first to fall and from there there was no return The finger came down from the moon there were those who said it was God’s finger but the fury with which it came down pointing to the heart of the Earth told us that it was nothing less than the finger of the Universe itself the Black Mother of the Great All ... Fingers had never spoken before but this one did it recited the ancient poem of the four commandments and the world’s jaw dropped to the bottom of the sea From that mouth sprouted the tree of denunciation the first cure against the hunger for justice: "You shall not kill You will not lie You shall build peace with social justice You will love and respect the Universe and all its creatures —Including yourself— above all things."---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Material should not be published in another periodical before at least one year has elapsed since publication in Whispering Dialogue. *أن لا يكون النص قد تم نشره في أي صحيفة أو موقع أليكتروني على الأقل (لمدة سنة) من تاريخ النشر. *All content © 2021 Whispering Dialogue or respective authors and publishers, and may not be used elsewhere without written permission. جميع الحقوق محفوظة للناشر الرسمي لدورية (هَمْس الحِوار) Whispering Dialogue ولا يجوز إعادة النشر في أيّة دورية أخرى دون أخذ الإذن من الناشر مع الشكر الجزيل
