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Abol Froushan
To be or not to be
To be or not in lovewith your picture or your womanhood?
This delicate peony
or that light-reflected knee?
The fingers many
which string this heart’s yoyo
people the petals of your peony
and figure out the curved space
of a blonde muse kneeling down
outside the Chelsea flower shop window
where tomorrow I’ll be picking
just a peony
for you
A knuckle knocking on 105
a buzzer pressed on the door phone
and you will be coming down
to a dishevelled shirt-out
pair of sandals
young smile
a knuckled-down pony
ready to polo!
’cause Alec’s got a girlfriend
© Translation: 2010, Abol Froushan
Publisher: Poetry Mag, Paris, 2010
Publisher: Poetry Mag, Paris, 2010
TO BE OR NOT TO BE
© 2010, Abol Froushan
Publisher: Poetry Mag, Paris
Publisher: Poetry Mag, Paris
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TO BE OR NOT TO BE
To be or not to be
To be or not in lovewith your picture or your womanhood?
This delicate peony
or that light-reflected knee?
The fingers many
which string this heart’s yoyo
people the petals of your peony
and figure out the curved space
of a blonde muse kneeling down
outside the Chelsea flower shop window
where tomorrow I’ll be picking
just a peony
for you
A knuckle knocking on 105
a buzzer pressed on the door phone
and you will be coming down
to a dishevelled shirt-out
pair of sandals
young smile
a knuckled-down pony
ready to polo!
’cause Alec’s got a girlfriend
© 2010, Abol Froushan
Publisher: 2010, Poetry Mag, Paris
Publisher: 2010, Poetry Mag, Paris
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