Before the vultures
dine on another ancient
civilization
and cities become rubble
lets break bread instead of bones
lets cleanse our palate
and feast on the food of kings
and queens, lets walk through
smoke screens, and sit on artwork
as the mystics of old sing
and old women bring
way too much food, but save room
for the tadeeg and
now its time for tea, pitch black
as the fire burns out back
the year is winding
down, time to purify, look
to the sky, honor
the spirits of the dead, try
not to join them yet. Let’s not
forget chemical
weapons and CIA coups,
we have no idea
what they’ve already lost and
everything they stand to lose
we have no idea
who they are beyond our fear
beyond the hatred
and dehumanization,
consider Iran for your
next vacation. Watch
Parts Unknown episode 6
season 4, see what
Bourdain saw before it’s sticks
and stones, before tanks and drones
before VA loans
for veterans of another
war, lets stop this now
before fear and hate, before
we script fate, it’s not too late.
The new year is here
it’s time to purify, it’s
time to speak up so
no one else has to die, time
for us to see through the lies
see humanity
when we look into their eyes.
Before the vultures
have more war dead to dine on
let’s shine a light on the truth
let’s go read Rumi
and Hafez if we need proof
that they’re human, that
they’re far from evil, that we
see them through a smoke screen and
we rely on sound
bites, and we’re afraid to take
east bound flights because
of fear. Well, it’s Nowruz so
here’s to peace in the new year.
*Nowruz (which means ‘new day’) is the Persian new year. Nowruz the day of the vernal equinox and marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. The last Wednesday before Nowruz, the festival of Chaharshanbe Suri is celebrated. A fire is made and people jump over it in a purification ritual.
**In 1953, the CIA and British intelligence orchestrated a coup which overthrew the democratically elected prime minister of Iran, Mohammad Mosaddegh, who had recently nationalized Iran’s oil (upsetting American & British oil companies)
***During the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980’s, Iraq used chemical weapons against Iran. Well aware of what was going on, the CIA assisted the Iraqi military with intelligence reasoning that, since the Soviets weren’t condemned internationally for using chemical weapons in Afghanistan, there would be little repercussions. Causalities from these weapons were in the tens of thousands, both military and civilian (with well over 100,000 Iranians killed in the war by other means with nearly half a million wounded). America was complicit in some of the most gruesome chemical weapon attacks ever launched. President Reagan wanted to ensure an Iraqi victory against Iran, no matter the cost. In spite of this, Iranians don’t hate Americans, but they are rightfully disgusted with our government.
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