My own right started
underground, resisting
the parental authority
it clamped itself
Their religious own right too
started underground, resisting
the established power
it clamped itself
and hangers-on
it fantasized
over later and practised
violence
so that I must remain silent
underground, powerless
I hold on
to understanding
what is not allowed
to be said
I fantasize
about the past and play football
without a ball
To play football without a ball is a scene in the movie “Timbuktu” (2014, Abderrahmane Sissako)
Collection “On living on”