i would have been like gomidas
(dang
i should have capitalized his name
neon
blinking lights)
i should be more armenian
but for the lack of skills and language
that now has to be unnarturally learned
can one write good poetry in a
second or third language... and yet
that skill thing is still in the way
instead i am not even a poor man's basho
or varoujan wanna-be sometimes
oh my god
using bad language and imagery
that offends or confuses
who is the real armenian?
me? you? dear
saint of the port?
mattered not to the turks
who would have dragged us
both from our beds, kicking
the digested food out of us
maybe have forced intercourse
with you
(and me? ugh)
and killing us
for being the same...
armenian
