Leftists And Rooster Poem by Nassy Fesharaki

Leftists and Rooster

What am I?
What am I?
What am I?

Always I, bang my head against walls
-palace's stone-wall, not of house!

I compare den, dacha
-for; caged are ideas…

Then question:
What am I?
What am I?
What am I?

Hallucinated, in trance, fine me lost
-dreaming Khayyam with vase of wine
-suddenly I wake up…

Oedipus is blind…
Antigone on the run…
Abandoned are dead to lose pride…

What am I?
What am I?
What am I?

Chicks and hens plow till
-comes rooster, or the cock
-demanding kingly, acting royal…

"Door to door" on, still
-it is time to meet him.
-He has fort and castle
-not a house but palace!

He tells me:
- "I was with…"

"Oh, shut up…"
-mean to say but cannot…
He, leftist?
Sacrifice?
For nation?
For people?

What a lie! ! !
He tells me!

Soul lingers and flies…
Dies the "Now" inside me…
The "Past" comes, breathing…

In ear slogans:
"Down with Shah, "

Of 1951,63,79…

I was there.
I have seen.

Oman and Emirates
To Lahore and Riyadh
To Cairo and Sudan,
Lesotho and Kenya…

I have been.
I have seen.

How I wish was camel
Blindfold, leash and rein
Limited to oil mill…

Sadly read…
Went and joined, attended…
Fisted hand, repeated slogans…

Wish had not!
Wish had not!
Wish had not!

Here, I see "Leftists"
-living life of rightists!
-not with the communists!


Corrupt are all of them …
-left and right…slogans…
-Europe to USA, Canada…

Politics is nonsense
-is B. S. regardless; Pro…Con…

In front have a page
-to tick-mark, see boxes
-I select profile, the lowest …
-Drown me in swamp…
-of the poor and deprived…

Left and right!
Up and down, in and out!
Everywhere, all around!

Pain!
Pain!
Pain!

"Lucky you, "
-want to shout
-to friends who are gone
- (mostly shot…)

(Snipers, Sharpshooters
-hunted them…)

Many died with bullet in the head,
-possibly in their heart!

"Lucky you, "
"Lucky you, "
"Lucky you, "

Want to shout…
Want to shout…
Want to shout…

I am choked;
My voice dies!

I have seen many coups
-saw the fathers removed
-by no one except sons
-who turned tools of outside!

Politics is nonsense
-is B. S. regardless; Pro…Con…

What would these leftists do?
-if had won, gained power?
- "MKO" or "Toodeh"?

I keep low profile.

Wouldn't be like mullahs?
- (Dictators and outlaws?)

Politics is nonsense
-is B. S. regardless Pro…Con…

I am born to be fish!

Have Fish shout!
Have Fish shout!
Have Fish shout!

Love to see my poster
-as a fish die on sands
-in the heat of the sun.

Fish cries.
Fish cries.

Dissipates Fish-tear
-in the mass of water
-never make a river
-to revive a plain in desert
-fish cries but in vein! ! !

Listener must be wise.
Observer must be wise.