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1 " If you are looking for meI am beyond nowhere [ … ]Beyond nowhere there is a place desire openslike an umbrella,breeze like thirst sinks deep into the leaves.Bells of rain carol fresh watery tunesabout how lonely humans are herewhere the shadows of tree trunks stream intoendlessness.If you are looking for me,come soft and quietly, lest you crack the glassheartthat cups my loneliness. "
― Sohrab Sepehri , The Oasis of Now: Selected Poems
2 " I want to know:Why is a horse noble and the dove belovedbut no one keeps a pet vulture in a gilded cage.Why is the humble clover trodden upon rather than the red tulip.I want to see anew and wash the words of the worldin wind and rain. "
3 " Full sun.Starlings flock,nasturtiums burst into blossom.And me, cracking open a pomegranate I think to myself,“If only the seeds of the heart could be so transparent,”when the juice spurts out and splashes into my eyes,vermilion tears trickling down.My mother bursts out laughingand Rana too. "