Ali Rahimi Poems

What happened to your salad days?
We look back at our lives,
We live in the past,
We look at the mirror,
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Trust me, I am a tricky magician,
Follow me like a sheep, I am a corrupt politician,
Love me like mad, I am a Don Juan, a womanizer,
Hug me, I am a cruel policeman,
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I want a world where,
The deaf can hear,
The blind can see,
The lame can walk,
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He wrote a treatise
On my intellectual shortcomings
I was in a miasma
Of despair and agony
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Rightly or wrongly, we shall come back,
Wanted, unwanted, liked or disliked,
Of our own free will, determination,
We shall come back,
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I like a person who sees the world with the
symmetry of sunflowers,
vastness of oceans,
grandeur of mountains in Iran and Nepal,
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Tea leaves refresh childhood memories,
Evenings after hard work as a construction laborer,
Cigarette butts bring to my mind,
Friends who puff me away, in delight, indulging in pleasure,
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In this dog-eat-dog life,
Where grief and boredom are rife,
Keep away from all sadness and strife,
Come over to me, lose no time, rush,
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Everybody wants to save the world,
But nobody wants to help the kid do the homework!
Everybody wants to salvage human beings,
But nobody wants to help the lonely weak old guys,
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Love invades you, Love assaults you, Love kidnaps you,
Love entraps you, love ambushes you, love cages you,
You try hard to protect your garrison, by soldiers,
Of logic, brain, reason and wisdom,
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