عشق آمریکایی من (نوزده. شبی در کالیستوگا)

My American Love

        Thirty-Two Poems for Wendy

Nineteen.

A Night in Calistoga

        By Majid Naficy

In Calistoga young couples

Walk from one cafe to another

And middle-aged women and men

Carry themselves from mud tubs

Into showers.

Only you and I

Oblivious to all

Pass through seven bubbling seas.

You are riding on my back

Clinging my face to yours.

I am on the tips of my toes

Touching the bottom of the seas.

Let your small breasts

press against my back

a little longer.

Let your well-sculpted thighs

Remain in my arms

A little longer.

We have been waiting for this moment

for years.

Tonight the water of seven seas

Bubbles into one small mineral pool.

From a near-by grill

We can smell the scent of

Barbecued mushrooms and peppers.

Let the red wine in the uncorked bottle

blend a little longer with the air.

Tonight after the voyage,

Our journey into seven starry skies

Will begin.

September 14, 2015

POEMS: 1. On the Bridge, ۲. I Hope the Water Returns, ۳. Empty Baskets ۴. Coffee Maker ۵. Anxious Heart ۶. Washing ۷. Bougainvillea ۸. Simple Truth ۹. Persian-Singing Bird ۱۰. The Gardener ۱۱. Lost Cypresses ۱۲. Visiting the Wall ۱۳. Is Love a Glass of Hormones? ۱۴. Independence Day ۱۵:  Oh, Pain ۱۶. The Season of Picking Raspberries ۱۷. Who Is More Envied? ۱۸. Watching Baseball ۱۹. A Night in Calistoga