An imaginary monologue between the victim and his executioner who sees God before him, recalling the hadith of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, "Die before you die."

A tale, a Qisas of the prophet Moses, comes perhaps from the traditional scholars, perhaps from the Shuyukh of Tasawwuf, of Moses and Allah's deepening of his prophethood. This poem version appears in my book, Ramadan Sonnets, and was written on the 4th day of Ramadan, 1986.

A longish poem yarn with embedded messages... a wisdom tale... an animal tale... with talking animals!

The mystery of death and the sweetness of the hidden, anonymous saint who is submitted with joy to Allah.