دوباره پشت فرمان می‌نشینی – شعری از مجید نفیسی

You Sit at the Wheel Again

        By Majid Naficy

That day

I was sitting next to you

Looking at you from the edges of my eyes

When you suddenly pulled over

And said: Something is wrong!

Your tongue became loose

And your right hand numb.

You dialed with your left hand.

An ambulance came

And carried you away.

Today

After weeks of carlessness

You sit at the wheel again

With your right hand still unruly.

But without the mercy of your friends

You drove street by street

And parked next to the sea

To walk with me hand in hand

And speak of your first car.

        July 31, 2022