1. Gone is the outline of the village, to barren sand
With no Bedouin tents.

2. Its outline has vanished, windswept by gusts
And strange drifting sand.

3. You pitched camp, then struck it to join
Another, more beloved.

4. Like a needle piercing borrowed finery,
It left two holes.

5. She returned her neighbor's jewelry
Though scars remained in her ears.