Literature of the night
By Roya Hakkakian
October 25, 2000
The Iranian
Each night
In bed
Upon the pages of our sheets
We write stories
Each face
A new character
Each toss each turn
A new line
Few faces linger
From pillow
..........to pillow
Chapter to chapter
And sometimes
They surprise
By uttering the unexpected
..........--An unpredictable turn
Or by what we discover
In us
In their absence
In the ominous chill
....................of an endless bed
In the flatness the pages suffer
Upon their departure
Sometimes
We wake up to a new face
..........A welcome cameo
Or perhaps even more:
The protagonist of a short story
And always
We return
To the familiar
..........--Our life's major work.
Wednesday, October 11, 2000
