More quickly and painlessly than the life he wrung
from me
My lovely brother, you are not a murderer. You are but an
executioner.
I will be waiting for you at the gates of heaven where I’ll
wrap you in our childhood embrace.
C. Christine Fair is a professor of security studies at Georgetown
University. Her most recent book is In Their Own Words: Understanding
the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (OUP, 2019). She is a published poet, with
poetry in such publications as The Bark, Clementine Unbound, The Dime
Show Review, and Awakenings (among other venues).
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