Ali Rahimi Poems

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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ONCE! ! !
silence was once a disease, now a cure
brain was once the commander, now the slave
lie was once a sin, now a virtue
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Education is a lucrative corrupt market BUT offered as a method of transmitting knowledge and insight,
Freedom is torture and terror BUT defined as the right to do and say what you like,
Truth is manufactured by powerful leaders BUT regarded as the opposite of falsehood,
Honor killing is an abominable heinous practice But adored as an honorable glorious event.
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A kiss is lovers' lips tenderly meeting,
their hearts fast musically beating,
in the meantime,
their minds beautifully shrinking,
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You want me to pack?
Get my backpack and vanish on the dark track?
Like a little mouse awestruck,
Or a Mexican wasp caught in a stinky bottleneck,
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Basic means of staying alive, survival,
Tribal, military, organizational, institutional,
Core value for life,
Natural selection, struggle for existence, descent of man,
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I shot my grandmother!
A blunder, a faux pas!
Did I bark up the wrong tree?
The mischief is done,
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Don't rock the boat,
Don't run the risk,
Don't risk your neck,
I was said into the ear, over and over again,
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You want to kill your pain?
You want to attain everlasting pleasure?
Our memories shape our tastes and decisions,
Nature has controlled us by two strong kings,
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