Disqualified
I read an article
- "Disqualified were camels…"
- (of course, in Saudi…
-the land of racism, sexism; brutal
-brainless fanatics on throne!
- "Great job that you did…
-Mr. Lawrence."
Beauty contest has rejected:
- "Owners have used Botox."
Silently
-bit my nail; on index
- "What is this? "
Goddamn mind
-calls in more
-shadows walk on the walls.
Harry in Valley-Wood
Hoseini in Shiraz and Tehran
And many in the Mosque
(I stop but endless are the lines…)
"Harry called to thank you…"
-I am told…
-had done none but normal…
-have seen pain, actual
-so, felt him…that is all…
Goes through a divorce
-children are his love…
-but the laws and his wife? ? ?
I did not play game
-neither was a show off
-truly sympathised
-since felt his…that is all…
Hoseini was pilot
-very young, co-pilot.
Was revolt in Iran
-in the late spring
-of nineteen-sixty-three.
I too went to bazaar, in Tehran
-Khomeini was expelled
-and exiled…poor he, was co-pilot.
World and life
-are parts of "Mary-Go-Round".
Years after we observed
-Shah left and Khomeini
-returned; well-dignified.
I saw when Hoseini
-came to see Khomeini.
Wanted to explain:
- "I was an officer, took order…"
-apologise…
Threats came in the calls
-days and nights
-not by boss
-but by mobs
-he hijacked a plane
- (did not want, was not will;
-just to live…)
Confused I feel as
-did what saw as a child;
- (a rooster with cut head
-dangling from neck,
-and blood on feathers,
-walked, very unaware: "It is end")
Am amused and question:
"What are we? "
"What is this? "
-in front sits news:
- "Church issued death order (Philippines.) "
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem