Classic and Contemporary Poetry

FOR AL-TAYIB SALIH, by KHALED MATTAWA Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I come here to retrieve a shoe
Last Line: The gaurd says he has waited a long time for this / and starts to pour dirt over my body
Subject(s): Moors (people); Ancestors & Ancestry; Shoes; Love; Spain; Heritage; Heredity; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers