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Kamal and Aïda

By Michael Dennis Rivers

Topics: Poetry Source: AllPoetry Original source

Kamal and Aïda She loves him not This homely man But loves his love of her. She’d have him not As God would have A woman love a man. She’d rather not This commoner, Though death he would prefer. She uses him, This merchant’s son, A chesspiece in her plan. Aïda feigns An interest in This pawn to win her man. She leads him on, This lanky lad, To fan her lover’s flame. And in the end, The high-born win And Kamal goes insane.(With inspiration from Palace of Desires by Naguib Mahfouz) Written December 1st, 1999 © on Dec 18 2001 12:12 AM PST, same as above   0 • 8

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