Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Mute

I talk too much you said
Well, you have done it now
Snatching words from my lips you have sealed them shut

My face towards the sea I refuse my eyes to you …

Sunday, May 06, 2007

Fear (or An Ode to ‘Shaere zobale-ha’)

Unfortunate you
Giving up dreams of pain
For the here and now …

Meanwhile, the ‘poet of wastes’ steals words of love and egg-shells
From side-walks of Tehran …