Fatima Naoot
For the Twentieth Time
At any rate,
It would take a whole month
To explore that
Your mates
Would not notice your absence
Because you have no job
Your kids too
They have substituted you
The building guard
Muhammad the papers seller
The watch hands riders
The electricity clerk
And the moon
I won't pay the electricity bill
Because they cheated but the outer dark
Then
The Nubians transfer
Was in vain
How much the idea is ridiculous
When it comes not on time
So let's continue
The family
Would not miss you
Because they have got rid
And made others get eased
Neither the neighbors
The walls are too much dumb
To explore the corpse
Even God
His notebooks would not get messed up
He had forgotten to put you
On his creatures records
The maid
May find who will pay her more
The telephone is dumb since March
The email was closed by Microsoft
The daytime is at its annual vacation
Since the winter time has been run
Maybe the only one
The only one indeed
But only in a month from now
Who would be worried about your absence
When he needs the rent
Before leaving to America
Is Magdi Benjamin Hanna
The building owner
In God we trust
Cairo
September 2, 2003
From Arabic: Turki Amer
November 23, 2003
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