Best Persistently Poems

By: Moji Agha -- June 24, 2016 -- Tucson, Arizona

Last dusk at a small Tucson park, my 3-year-old dear friend, Rafi,
insisted unhesitatingly on imitating, no, actually embodying, a baby dog.
REALLY! As real is Trump's Presidential candidacy.  

It was as if he was saying this...

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Silence solicits me once more, 
for safety’s sake, which I deplore.
I treat these moments preciously 
with sanctimonious jealousy;
guarding proclivity's tendencies 
in silent moments of privacy.

Seclusion gestures, 
begs my retention, 
then demands unselfish attention;
incessant exclusion from confusion 
and silent moments without intrusion.

Why must I resist persistently
returning...

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