I WISH I HAD THE CONFIDENCE
O I WISH I HAD THE CONFIDENCE OF PROFESSOR JANICE STEIN*
The Fall rains are coming heavy with
the scent of snow As usual the season’s
change makes me feel alien in my own
skin The sap is reversing my therapist
said some 20 years ago
When I still believed in Peace & Love & Good Government
Now there’s something called the
Arab Spring And the King of Dubai
just gave women the vote Though they
still get 10 lashes for driving a car
It remains difficult to measure the quality
of mercy and the quantity of progress
*Munk School Of International Relations
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Fall 2011
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