and joyful taunts
of revolution, the fall
of every infant sparrow
is evolving as a eulogy
in my heart, producing
a vision of peace through
justice, still conversant with
the knowledge of Babylon.
Oh, how I know these sons
and daughters of Babylon,
their language and history,
on both sides, they came from
sailors and farmers and weavers.
George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. His work has been included in such publications as the Hazmat Review, Moria Poetry Journal, Chronogram Journal, Ampersand Literary Review, The Angle at St. John Fisher College, and 3:16 Journal. George’s blogs, essays and letters have appeared in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Havana Times, South China Morning Post, The Buffalo News, and more.
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