Tea with
the Wanderers

Before I loose
My site completely
We must eat together
Again said Muhammad
So I made the tea soaked dates
Adding rose water to
Ease the melancholy
Bringing them to
My old friends table

I sat on this night
With old friends
His oud
And the mawals
Could you hear them?
In that ancient song
Of the Water Wheel
Turn over
Turn
Across the
Nile
My far reach
To you
I knew you’d
Delight in the
Sambusaks and
I smiled

There is no time
In this place
More tea
And song

Long after
Midnight
With
Ollin Arageed
We clapped
Into
Call to Prayer