Ringing and Ancient Bell

ringing and ancient bell,
call us all together
succour from calumny,
give voice your word
your siren balm

yield to me, horn of david
my Chinese brother
call me all tend
his sullen cell encrusted
in the terrors of his state

surrender to me, adamic flute
my Indian sister
from hindu nationalist (love him!) shielding
with tears a universe wide
her sacred and tremulous child

deign to offer me, song of moses
my Rwandan father
his sheep one and all
battered and splayed
their chorus hands remember

give me, give me, eloi-song
to know how long!
to wear the robe of the little longer
with blood and impatience and mourning
for the no longer under the throne

this day, today i seek i call
to the four angel trumpets:
speak, resound and let the earth
now give up her dead
give up her dead