The judge's eyes
stream LIVE
from Cairo courtroom
toward the Nile
Mubarak lies
stretchered, caged, docked
flanked by sons
they too, deny
For this
there is no shock
in Egypt, where long dynasties die.
© Kim Rooney
Mubarak trial: Egypt's ex-president denies all charges
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Kim (aka wordturner) is a writer, editor, and poet. A former BBC online journalist she has an MA in Life Writing from the University of East Anglia.
