by Javid Mohamadi
The dictator had a nightmare
He felt kindness was necessary too….
He ordered the chains of people’s feet to get a little looser!
The dictator was angry
He commanded a number of opponents to get beheaded
The dictator was happy
He commanded a number of opponents to get beheaded
The dictator was sad
A few opponents’ heads fell on the ground
The dictator recalled his scientists:
“We must not fall behind technology
Can we computerize the execution system?
The dictator had become interested in Physics
“IF we double the shock troops, the counter force will be cut in half”
The dictator had philosophical questions….
Why doesn’t everyone think the way I do?
The dictator was a graduate in Logics
Whatever i say is true, it means it’s true
The dictator had become interested in drawing.
He took his pencil….
He drew himself in the shape of a sheep…modestly….
And people in the shape of grass
Rich Murphy’s poetry collections have won two national book awards: the Gival Press Poetry Prize in 2008 for Voyeur and the Press Americana Poetry Prize in 2013 for Americana. Asylum Seeker (2018) is the third in a trilogy out now. The first collection in the trilogy was Americana. Body Politic, the second, was published by Prolific Press in January 2017. Murphy’s first book The Apple in the Monkey Tree was published in 2007 by Codhill Press. Chapbooks include Great Grandfather (Pudding House Press), Family Secret (Finishing Line Press), Hunting and Pecking (Ahadada Books), Phoems for Mobile Vices (BlazeVox), and Paideia (Aldrich Press).
