?Mullah or Human

        By Majid Naficy

A black-turbaned mullah in my childhood
At the dining table of my sister’s wedding
Snatched the platter of chicken in the air
Put it in front of him and said:
“We descendents  of the Prophet go for the chicken.”

Was he not the same person who at my youth
Stole our revolution
And silenced polyphony
?To establish his bloody theocracy

The hands rebel against  clocks
From so much anachronism.
It is not long
That the monopoly of mullahs will fall,
Humanity will return to our dining table
And everyone will receive an equal share
From the platter of plenty.

Do not lose hope, my friend!
There is a saying from ancient times:
“How easy to become a mullah!
How hard to become a human!”

        July 1st, 2014  

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