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Mohammed Abu-Talib

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Fertility

Fertility

Fertility

My land to the tillers
My home to the killers
My wealth to the gangsters
My flesh to the mongers
But not my hidden seeds
And not my wholesome beds
Nor secret sacred funds
Nor ash remainders

Oh tacit soul
Forgive them all
Oh jugular vein
Mind not if slain

© 2003, Mohammed Abu-Talib

Mohammed Abu-Talib

Mohammed Abu-Talib

(Morocco, 1930)

Mohammed Abu-Talib was born in the thirties in Fes, Morocco. In his native city, he received both primay and high school education before he went to the USA to continue his studies. Thus from 1959 to 1964 he studied at Jacksonville State University, Alabama, Howard University, and Georgetown University. Then, he moved to Guanajuato University (Mexico), and from there to Santander (Spain). He al...

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Fertility

My land to the tillers
My home to the killers
My wealth to the gangsters
My flesh to the mongers
But not my hidden seeds
And not my wholesome beds
Nor secret sacred funds
Nor ash remainders

Oh tacit soul
Forgive them all
Oh jugular vein
Mind not if slain

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