I' ve cut my way through life on camelback,
Halting only punctually by the track;
Yes, “punctually” indeed, to sleep and feed
On what was placed with care on my steed:
Sun-dried Thoughts & Language for me; the fruit,
For those I met on the opposite route.
© Lazhar Bouazzi, Carthage, TUN, July 1, 2016
* "sta, viator, heroem calcas: Stop, traveler, thou treadest on a hero's dust." (Epitaph inscribed by Conde over the grave of his great opponent, Merci.)