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Poem

Fatemeh Ghahremani

Marilyn Monroe

A long blouse
That screams of yellow 

A hat in halves
Like two yokes
And a feather that doesn't flap to the swan

A hair full of dates
That puts Bam* to shame 

A face like Marilyn
A neck like Monroe
Her gaze a swan's nest

Can't see her bosom
Hidden under the fold

Waist swinging toward me
So I write it narrow 

Half open hands
Fingers like wands
Impatiently at the instrument 

What a useless beauty
The princess in my sister's room
Watching over my nightly chats

مرلین مونرو

مرلین مونرو

پیراهنی بلند 
جیغ می‌زند مثل زرد

کلاهی دو‌نیم شده 
دو زرده
 پَری که پَر نمی‌زند سمت قو

موهایی پر از خرما
که بم روسیاه می‌کند

صورتی مثل مرلین
 گردنی مثل مونرو
نگاهش، لانه‌ی قو

سینه نمی‌بینم
پنهان شده زیر چین

 قِر داده کمر سمت من
که بنویسمش باریک

دست‌هایی نیمه باز 
انگشتانی مثل ناز
بی‌صبرانه، بِساز

چه زیبایِ بی‌مصرفی‌ست
پرنسسی که در اتاق خواهرم
دید‌ می‌زند
چَت‌های شبانه‌ام
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Marilyn Monroe

A long blouse
That screams of yellow 

A hat in halves
Like two yokes
And a feather that doesn't flap to the swan

A hair full of dates
That puts Bam* to shame 

A face like Marilyn
A neck like Monroe
Her gaze a swan's nest

Can't see her bosom
Hidden under the fold

Waist swinging toward me
So I write it narrow 

Half open hands
Fingers like wands
Impatiently at the instrument 

What a useless beauty
The princess in my sister's room
Watching over my nightly chats

Marilyn Monroe

A long blouse
That screams of yellow 

A hat in halves
Like two yokes
And a feather that doesn't flap to the swan

A hair full of dates
That puts Bam* to shame 

A face like Marilyn
A neck like Monroe
Her gaze a swan's nest

Can't see her bosom
Hidden under the fold

Waist swinging toward me
So I write it narrow 

Half open hands
Fingers like wands
Impatiently at the instrument 

What a useless beauty
The princess in my sister's room
Watching over my nightly chats
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