MAY 1996

From the publication that is part of the exhibition "Desert Drawings",
thirty-three boundaries (The Gulf War 1991)
"Van Reekum Museum", Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, 1995

1995, +-36.2 x 55.5 cm., Collage, ink on paper

A soldier
kisses
a bird
on a garden path

Still a soldier
even though all around
is a diadem
of birds.

Their shadow
is a bride.
And one bird
kisses his mouth.

(A false promise)

Joseph Semah