18 Nov 2010

The Small Man & The Sage

The small man
Builds cages for everyone
He
Knows.

While the sage,
Who has to duck his head
When the moon is low,
Keeps dropping keys all night long
For the
Beautiful
Rowdy
Prisoners.

MORE poems by the Sufi, mystic 14th Century Persian poet, Hafiz

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