News at Eleven: The award will be presented in-absentia

to Zarganar, an honorary member of PEN for 15 years, at a ceremony tonight in Toronto.

Of the several poems of Zarganar's posted on the PEN Canada website, is the following:

Don't Wake Him Up

When will the door finally click open?
They won't let me know. Never mind
As long as my heart still beats,
I'll be free some day.
Every door has two directions
In and out. Every coin has two sides
Heads follow tails. So,
Thanks to the law of averages
I can set my homesick mind at rest.

from Mizzima: Imprisoned comedian-poet honored by rights group

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