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\nStay close to me
\nMy killer, my cherished, stay close
\nThe moment the night crawls
\nThe black night crawls having drunk the blood of the heavens
\nCarrying a musk balm, carrying a diamond lancet
\nArrives mourning laughing, singing
\nArrives clinking the crimson anklets of pain
\nThe moment when hearts drowned in bosoms
\nBegin searching the path of hands hidden in sleeves
\nIn Anticipation
\nAnd the regression of wine too like children-sobbing
\nWhen the peevish agitated ocean doesn\u2019t divert when diverted
\nWhen no precept is made when made
\nWhen nothing goes
\nThe moment night crawls
\nThe moment the dwindling, dreary, night crawls
\nStay close
\nMy killer, my cherished stay close to me<\/strong>
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\nAfter Faiz<\/em>
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\nRehan Qayoom is a poet of English and Urdu, editor, translator and archivist, educated at Birkbeck College, University of London. He has featured in numerous literary publications and performed his work internationally. He has published 2 books of poetry and several works of prose.
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