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Agha Shahid Ali
Agha Shahid Ali
"The Purse-Seiner Atlantis"
Originally Appeared in Issue 158, Spring-Summer 2001

Salon, 2001
Running Time: 2:58

Black Pacific. 'Shahid, come here, quick.' A ship,
giant lantern held in its own light, the dark
left untouched, a phantom-ship with birds, no, moths…

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