why do four walls suggest
that this space is my sphere
we shout out, loud, and proud
hidden but for our dreaming
Brocky Karoly, Sleeping Bacchante, 1850
public domain: Wikimedia Commons
the window of opportunity
opens infrequently, so fly
i want you when i want
and demand that you say yes
Kenia asked the Real Toads to write couplets inspired by landai, folk poems of the women of Afghanistan.