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Opportunity
My step-father reaching down
to dislodge a spoon
stuck
in the garbage disposal;
me being close enough
to reach for the switch –
There Once Were Two Siblings
There once were two Siblings
who lived in a House
who could only Speak
in Pain.
“I love you”
came with a blade
“I need you”
with a fist
in the Face.
“I hate you” came
With some too hot chocolate
and “I hope you die”
came with nothing
at All.
Omar ZahZah's work has appeared in such publications as Vulcan: a literary dis-allusion, Poetic Diversity, The Chiron Review, RipRap, and Schlock. “Death Went Into The Place,” the first installment of Death, a webcomic on which he is collaborating with fine artist and graphic novelist Eliza Frye (and which may be viewed at www.deathcomic.com), appeared in Narrative. Several of his poems were featured in the anthology Beside The City of Angels: An Anthology of Long Beach Poetry, and his short story, “The Morning After,” was featured in the anthology Suffer Eternal: Tales of the Undead.
He is currently a PhD student in Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. Love (or loathe) more of his work at His Web Site.
Email: Omar ZahZah
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