I
The tongues of hell
Swallowed the leaves
The trees had uttered
To summon the rain.
II
(“I will not weep,”
Said the poet
To himself,
“I will repeat.”).
© LazharBouazzi, Carthage, TUNISIA, August 3, 2017
*Ifriquiya is the Arabized name given to the « Province of Africa, » the name the Romans gave to Carthage (Tunisia)after they had burned it, which became afterwards the name designating the whole continent of Africa.