Be Gentle with Lovers!


From that boundless world
There remains only a bus bench
For this homeless loving couple
Who talks endlessly.


Oh, you who get  up
In the privacy of your bedroom
And slam the window
To silence their chatter,
Be gentle with lovers!


One day you too
Will wait on that bench
For the bus to arrive.
Its mouth will open
And a voice will call out:
“Sir! It’s time to go.”


Majid Naficy
August 2, 2015