Poem 011: My Adust Heart Poem by Samer Madbak

I’m still afraid to wade the noxious fens,
The fens of love, but no one can evade
The pointed peaks, or those abysmal glens,
The baleful cut of love’s demoniac blade.

A foxy lass invited me today
To tutor her at home, Oh heart at stake!
For by her door, I saw, to my dismay,
A figurine: a weasel and a snake.

A tussle I imagined, I, the skunk,
And she th’ophidian, love, a daffy duel
The fangs were hustled deep into my trunk
Oh could this be another amour cruel?

Is this the onset of a new affair?
No, no, I must my fantasies outgo
The path of passion lapses in despair
And I cannot withstand another blow.

Ay me! I cannot bear another bluff
Love knocked me once and once is but enough!


Beirut
April 16th 1987