Oh, you little home-on-your-back!
Weren't you afraid that my huge foot
Would sweep you away?
Last night, under the rain,
You slid into my sneaker
For shelter.
Today,
You return to your green birthplace
Leaving me covetous, longing for mine.
--Majid Naficy (1952- ) Persian poet, teacher, activist, and exile, translated by Nilofar Talebi
