POSTCARD FROM L.A. A LA VISTA

faramarz soleimani by faramarz soleimani,1357/1978


#100
this postcard is reserved for farewell.
see also :moj sportstation/lakers #1
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THESE ARMS HOLDING YOU

PURE PLACES YOU LOVE

ARE NOT YOUR BELOVED

PURE LOVE OF TREASURES

ONLY TO CONTAIN THE COFFERS

-RUMI

HE SAID IT ALL

IN FARSI OR IN ENGLISH

I ONLY WILL REPEAT IT

TO YOU WHEN LEAVING

LONELY.

SEE YOU SOON!
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I ADD TO MY LANDMILES
I GET LOTS OF SKYMILES
FLIGHT IS FREE.
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I LEAVE BEHIND
L'ELISIR D'AMORE
IN LA OPERA
TO RETURN AND HAVE A SIP

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up there in Wilshire boulevard

or Saint Vicente and Ocean avenue

overlooking

mormon church and silver twin tower

with downtown in the fog

and Hollywood hidden.*

or like the carousel of spectrum

circling around

and around

to bring us a piece of Irvine

or Quail Hill Village,

and I 5

entangled @ I 405

in the mini mixing bowl

and the booming waves

of Laguna Beach

with a sense of one there

a sense of wonder

a sense of wander

like wanderer of silk road

wondering at Samarghand and Bokhara and Ray.

love is lost

listen to city's palpitations

when it says

love is lost.

but our meeting

with old and new friends

on balcony

or fluttering backyard

on the red roof of sunset

and coastal heights

was in the shape of a farewell.

and everybody asked

why don't you move here?

and we

as usual said

we are thinking of it.

we are thinking of you.

or just

we

are

thinking,

period.

so we are.

see you soon!

love you all.*
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UP THERE WE MET SOHRAB AKHAVAN WHO JUST PERFORMED,PRODUCED AND PUBLISHED THE LITTLE PRINCE OF SAINT-EXUPERY.
I WILL WRITE ABOUT HIS WORK ON THE OCASION OF WRITER'S b-d.

faramarzsoleimani

for 09142009