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My American Love

        Thirty-Two Poems for Wendy

Thirty.

Mating Dove

        By Majid Naficy

With a puffed throat of love

You bend your head in front of her,

Circle around her a few times

And drag your tail against the ground.

She puts her bill in your bill,

And you dance together.

You mount her back,

Flap your wings for a moment

And fall at climax.

Then you fly up into the air

And clap your wings together

As if you want to let the world

Become aware of your love.

It is not in vain that Ishtar,

The Babylonian goddess of love,

Has a white dove at her side:

You stay with a single mate

Until its last moment.

        April 1st, 2019

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 ۲۰. Dreaming “High Noon” ۲۱. I Do Not Write Poetry for Eternity ۲۲. Our Footprints in Maui ۲۳. Bay to Breakers ۲۴. The Altar of Poetry ۲۵. Dublin ۲۶. Watching the Snow with Wendy ۲۷. George Habash Sandwich ۲۸. Morning Blend ۲۹. Stroke ۳۰. Mating Dove