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Istanbul 5:45

Carl Boon: Istanbul, 5:45

November 9, 2017 by PBQ Leave a Comment

The brunettes and the bankers stroll behind me in threes, each in love with one who can’t exist, each surveying corners. It’s 5:45 and the call to prayer flares up from the Modern Mosque. The crows in the magnolia trees are calling for plunder. Boys shoot baskets in the schoolyard, and seventeen green walnuts have […]

Filed Under: Contributors 96, Issue 96, Poetry, Poetry 96 Tagged With: Carl Boon, contributors 96, issue 96, Istanbul 5:45, Poetry, poetry 96

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