Large, square, black and white.

A father, an uncle, a sheik,

and an Imam –

               turban on his head,

               earth color aba draped across

               his wide shoulders,

               silver wire glasses.

                                      He is smiling.
They’re all smiling,

looking down

at a little girl, Noor,

three years old, whose eyes chase

some child-crayoned daydream

far past the edge.
But here,

in this well framed photo

her body stands in black and white,

dressed in grey burka cloth,

not a strand of hair visible, no arms,

knees, only the smooth skin

               of her face and hands.
Towering above her,

four good men, pleased

with little Noor. They,

in their short-sleeves,

in Chicago’s mid-summer heat.