Under the Rain
We shall meet in winter
At the rail station ... in Baghdad:
Two strange sparrows,
Wet and shivering,
Under the rain,
Migrated from the farthest south
At the corner of the Gulf.
Nestless; we've lost our home.
We've lost all the addresses
Of our friends.
There remained alone
Known to no one but the rain.
--Ali al-Ahamri