Gabr
First time was in mountains
-to the south of Shedeh
-at frills of skirt
-a corpse found
- "He was Gabr"
-the word was spread
-meant we were Zoroastrians…
Old, Old, Old
Then I learned
-of Feshark
-did research on
- (Fesharak)
Came trips, studies
-opening heart and eye
-studied; and schools
- changed my mind.
My lecture on ‘Old Land'
- ‘India…'
-Sanskrit, the Vedas, Avesta
-Sati or self-burning of widows
-and Kashan, (Matures' belt)
Then trips in Egypt
-in chambers at the well
-the Pharaohs and mummies
The books of Sinuhe
-Gilgamesh…
Opened doors day to day
-but the lights in the cave
-showed windings as they went
-further and more further
Till La Paz; most recent
-and grave, as if womb
-Sun as King, Moon Queen
Came questions
And questions
And questions
Felt, somehow
-could connect
-with the past
-and ancient
Now
-remote
-from far
-they read and
-control
-my house, mind
I feel dumb
-as we say:
- `Were in past!
So, laugh as crazy
-to papers that I read
-Ibn-e-Sina, Biruni
Reflection of the light
-by water and the air
-in glass-made, a jar
Where was past
-where is now
Not but cockroaches
-raccoons and squirrels
-foxes, wolves, coyotes
-all in search of a life
This unknown
-not defined
Life
Life
Life
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