He
December 15, 2000
The Iranian
Forlorn backgammon in the heat
........and liverspots have
........brought you to your knees
Outside the border of silence
and fear
you can now comfortably grow
into the dimensions of your
age and feel the
serenity of a political argument
being just that...
........
You fall asleep in front of the television
complaining about the absence of real news
of wars and genocide and forgotten limbs in
mass burial grounds
in certain parts of the world
........
You cook the food lovingly and call your daughter in the New World
and your brothers in the Old
and you quietly try to forget.
