wake up wake up
call to prayer
on this morning
holiday
give thanks give thanks
today
sing sing
praise praise
let us love
let us be loved
and remember
do not forget
first day of Bayram
the first day of Bayram: for Ali
breakfast soup
a drive to Foça
old narrow streets
a touch of ancient Greece
talk of old times
over cay
of mutual friends
of almost love
lost love
mistakes made
lessons learned
the comfort
of the familiar
in a new old world
on the first day
of Bayram
and there is the future
laid out
in the open
just like it’s supposed
to be