tarek chemaly
three books
2009
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\_getting the news
  from poems
\_Archewallogy
\_Jnune 7 – 2009
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PAL 2008

Deviling you

I saw the devil in you, so God must exist somewhere,
I saw an angel in a little child, so God must exist somewhere,
Maybe never saw him face to face, but by proxy is fine by me,
And a life goal in 10 words or less,
Tarek Chemaly’s ultimate life goal is to become a very…
And that’s 10 words already,
A plan to be diligently followed in all days ending with a y,
An aspiration to do, fulfill, thrive, achieve, attain, never disappoint,
That’s the point, the whole point, and nothing else but the point,
Like a kid with his nose stuck on the candy store window,
Inspiration is never to have, to always look for the next horizon,
With the knight of cups riding on his Pegasus,
And safety boats being dangled from sinking cruise ships,
A sea populated by sharks and hovered upon by half-doves/half-vultures,
A majestic view for famous last words, a redeeming view for infamous lost
worlds,
I saw the devil in a child, so God must not exist anywhere,
I saw an angel in you, so God must not exist anywhere.
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Tarek Chemaly, “Deviling you”, getting the news from poems (2009), p. 293.

Tarek Chemaly’s three books of 2009, published on 111101 with the author’s permission. getting the news from poems: layout Mike Awad. Archewallogy: design Farah Samman, cover Ashekman. Jnune 7 – 2009: with Rami El Khoury, Upstairs Publishing; photographs as credited on each page.