From My Upcoming Book of Poems

As I have mentioned before, I rarely share my poems on Iranian.com, as this is mainly a political site.  But the one below touched my heart so much that I decided to share it, and all the feelings that went along with it, with you, my online frenemies.  I truly believe that I achieved “irfan” when I was done with the poem. So, enjoy…

Hassan’s cow comes in three types…

It has no teat and it gives no milk…

They took his cow to India…

Get yourself an Indian wife…

Name her khalghezi…

With a red rimmed hat…

I threw a rock at a nightingale ….*

Its call can be heard in Istanbul…

Istanbul was also destroyed…

My dear grandmother’s heart was broken…

1, 2, 3, 4….

I dedicate this poem to the memory of all the Basijis and Paasdars that I saw dragging women into waiting white vans for bad-hejabi the last time I was in Iran.  I also have a previously unreleased video of the last meeting between Khamenei and Ismael Haniyeh of Hamas in Tehran that I like to share below. Khamenei is the one on the left.  Enjoy:

C-3PO aka Cheshmeh…

* If you’re interested in the relationship between nightingale and the African BulBul, see this.

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