WOMEN
Is sexual carelessness another byproduct of feminism?
In my late 30s I feel very old or old-fashioned at best. I remember my mom’s words when I was a teenager and she was giving me grown-up advice. Once she asked me if I knew why crows lived 300 years? I replied with a half-open mouth and popped-up eyes, “they live 300 years?” She said, “yes, and it’s because no-one has ever seen them mating in public." My mom’s mystical approach to sexuality not only stayed with me but it evolved as I did
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Interesting results: In general, contributors are viewed as patriotic, creative, poetic and funny. Transparency, objectivity, civility, compassion and patience seem to be rare.
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STORY
A half scene from my novel
I lit the cigarette and watched the full moon descending over the city. I couldn’t stop thinking about Mohsen and his last love. That woman. There was something haunting in her voice, and that’s why I was tempted to believe her, a woman who claimed to be loved by the only man who had ever loved me. However every time she called, I just stood there like a fool, unable to say a word or to deny her story. And even if it was all true, why did she need to call me?
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POETRY
Not a sacred warrior,
Nor with a bayonet blessed by God.
Not even a human being,
Just a simple peasant, a surrogate,
A sacrificial lamb, a frightened child,
Chosen by the rich to be an instrument of war
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17 year old Alicia Lee went down for ever. How does one make sense of this?
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POETRY
عشق تو شد در دل فرهاد خون
تا که بنا گشت از آن بیستون
تیشه فرهاد به دست تو بود
کز دل خارا همه بر خواست دود
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رزا و منصور آن شب حسابی با هم بحث کرده بودند. جر و بحث. بی نتیجه. آخر سر، در اوج بحث منصور دندانهایش را بهم فشار داد، صاف در چشمان رزا نگاه کرد و حرف آخرش را زد: "همینه که هست!"
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Status quo till the cows come home
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