Short Anas Poems

If they can ban Dr. Seuss ~
 They'll come next for Mother Goose...

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His words add splendor to all that’s trite
Just like a tender breeze would do to a
Hot, summer night
Just like mountains are embellished
By golden sunlight
And just like an afternoon sky is colored
By a rainbow or a kite

Ammo: (Arabic) Paternal uncle or great-uncle, or ,more generally, a respectful form of 
address to any man of an older generation.
Abu: (Arabic) “Father of”
Anas: An Arabic given name...

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I just remembered this-
The Santa Anas were blowing hard.
I woke up and stood at the patio door.
The table outside, its round glass top,
lifted perfectly, magically 
up, floated,
and then down and shattered.
The physics and the timing
were perfect.
Some ancient stirring told me to look
for an answer,
perhaps a revelation.
But I went back to bed
and just now,
years later got it-
   The glass rose and fell....

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When sex was as common as muck
The Mallard took over as "Duck"
Not much for playing
The hens were laying
Because one and all loved its pluck*

* Like American police, 
Anas platyrhynchos  drakes mate
- repeatedly - with anything they 
can get in a neckhold - and eagerly
join in gangbangs, leaving no doubt
that Chinese women had neither 
voice nor choice in the selection of
the duck as a symbol of happiness!"...

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