This poem is taken from Stand 224, 17(4) December 2019 - February 2020.

Nicola Vulpe Three Poems
The Poet Descends, Willingly, the Stairs
    for Forough Farrokhzad (Tehran, 1935 – 1967)

My mother said:
A woman about to die,
her kiss is cold.

I answered, Mother,
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