Grandson
Rent from DeepDyve- Grandson
Why are there searchlights beneath the barn?
Those are the babies, you say.
What are they seeking? Un-
bridled sin. Strew it everywhere.
Follow the signposts to Jannatul Baqi. Bring the babies.
Sledge their teeth into the rocks.
Jannatul Baqi is a cemetery in Saudi Arabia where the gravesite of the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad is located. [End Page 45]
Robert Nazarene
Robert Nazarene founded margie /IntuiT House where he published the winning volume for The National Book Critics Circle Award in poetry for 2006. His two collections are Church (2006) and Empire de la Mort, forthcoming this year. He is now publisher and editor-in-chief at the American Journal of Poetry.
