A Lesson in Cognition

Contributor: Ali Znaidi

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[ir]relevant lines/
neurological formations
pending
that image [counterfeit body]
still scratches at the door
that image must take her clothes off:
light, heat, & purity
& the cherries
blossom at the other edge
of the coast
& that reverberating revelation
whispers in the ears of the dawn—

an invisible mole burrows beneath
the subconscious networks
of the mind


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Ali Znaidi (b.1977) lives in Redeyef, Tunisia where he teaches English at Tunisian public secondary schools. His work has appeared in Otoliths, Mad Swirl, Red Fez, Carcinogenic Poetry, Stride Magazine, and other ezines.