East
wind lured
the
Orient-a-list
to wait
for two
antiquated
mythical
b(r)easts—
a panacea
for his
bewilderment.
Perhaps,
he could
write a new
list of
priorities
concerning
Western/
Eastern
relationships.
The cleavage
again, an estuarial
point…
Ali Znaidi (b. 1977) lives in Redeyef, Tunisia, where he teaches English. His work has appeared in various magazines and journals worldwide. He authored four poetry chapbooks including Experimental Ruminations (Fowlpox Press, 2012), Moon’s Cloth Embroidered with Poems (Origami Poems Project, 2012), Bye, Donna Summer! (Fowlpox Press, 2014), and Taste of the Edge (Kind of A Hurricane Press, 2014). Links to his published and forthcoming works can be found at aliznaidi.blogspot.com and his tweets are posted on his account: @AliZnaidi.