Marco Polo by Ali Alizadeh

Marco Polo





Maybe it’s the natural
extension of immigration. Maybe

it’s the awesome travel
bugs, making my wife’s feet

uncommonly itchy. I’m not
surprised, at any rate, to hear

the paediatrician’s nickname
for our son. ‘Marco Polo’ suits

his - in utero - trajectory
along the Silk Road, from

Kublai Khan’s Forbidden City
to the snow-covered stones of a caravanserai

in central Turkey