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My American love

        Thirty-Two Poems for Wendy

Two.

I Hope the Water Returns

        By Majid Naficy

When the water returns

I will shave

And take a shower.

The house is silent,

The pipes are empty

And I hear the sound of my heart.

I hope the water returns

Before the doorbell rings.

June 5, 2001

POEMS: 1. On the Bridge, ۲: I Hope the Water Returns