به یک چرم‌دوز – شعری از مجید نفیسی

Artwork, Evin Prison, Tehran

To a Leatherworker

by

Majid Naficy

For Faraz

Your mother carved on peach pits

In prison

And you engrave on leather purses

In your workshop.

Today, I take out her bullet-ridden heart

From your red purse

And put it next to Hossein’s picture

For his fortieth anniversary.

Have his wood-carving chisels

Still remained

In the drawer of your desk?

February 20, 2022