They’ve come!
Glasses
flee down the hatch
Girls
into the tiny flowers of their scarves
The rest
let the half-eaten apple go free
out the window, lost
tossed from the porch
They become little stars and screech at the night
Sunshine
in the closet
who never danced
whispers to me:
I’m not coming out again
Translation copyright 2010 by Zara Houshmand. All rights reserved.