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Farrokhzad’s Paper Hat
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Farrokhzad’s Paper Hat Lines along which to cut out the crown of Farrokhzad, anointed for an hour in the empty center of modernity’s tragic circle where meaning folds back into itself. Beaks of nightingales to snip adjustable notches. Poetry’s still the putting on of tradition, but as acknowledged play. Matches to a paper hat, ashes for staining lyrics onto the skin: paper tattoos for a fantasy of permanence. We are running with scissors, cutting out words at random. 63 You are reading copyrighted material published by Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Unauthorized posting, copying, or distributing of this work except as permitted under U.S. copyright law is illegal and injures the author and publisher. ...