Artwork, Evin Prison, Tehran

 

To a Leatherworker

by: Majid Naficy

For Faraz


Your mother carved on peach pits
In prison
And you engrave on leather purses
In your workshop.

Today, I take out her bullet-ridden heart
From your red purse
And put it next to Hossein’s picture
For his fortieth anniversary.

Have his wood-carving chisels
Still remained
In the drawer of your desk?


February 20, 2022

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