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.