on the news tonight
two boys cling to the legs of their mothers
at Kabul’s International Airport gate
in every war—
women become saviors like Yeshua
their backs
safer than the rocky hill of Golgotha
tomorrow
rain will fall—
men will continue to stand behind wires
cutting sharp like teeth
those two boys will beg to be lifted
on their mothers’ backs
my mother believes that the Taliban
fears women more than men
she says it is difficult to kill gods—
when she said gods
i knew she meant women