Sassan Tabatabai
Janevaran
حیوانات, Persian: “animals”
the ponderous whale
not ponderous to the whale
weightless in water
* * *
revealed to the bee
what’s been hidden from the man
secret to honey
* * *
the blind earthen worm
overjoyed by the cool mud
knows nothing of silk
* * *
in the garden green
the nightingale sings its song
the red rose blushes
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