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Dedicated to the hesitators who care about the issue but won't declare their support for today's Jum'ah.
By Mohja Kahf
The Waiting Room
Dare? Go? Act? No,
let’s wait. Maybe
this valiant, embattled task
has integrity. In theory,
we’re with you, but.
We’re waiting for the perfect time
We’re waiting for the leaders without flaw
Maybe it is the revolution, but.
Where’s the guarantee?
We shall risk—nothing
Should it prove true,
we’ll call it ours and say,
‘We believed with the believers!’
Here in the Waiting Room.
Mohja Kahf is an associate professor of comparative literature.
