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33 Protest Ghazal #3 Freud’s case study about repressed Iran? “Caged lion in analysis: Iran.” Exhibits in Chelsea, memoirs published . . . You host an artistic love fest, Iran. The truth comes out.The whole world is watching. They cannot silence your protest, Iran. I’m thinking of a country that censors With thugs who wear black. Did you guess Iran? I want to write love poetry for you, But you burned the nightingale’s nest, Iran. Ferdowsi would have made you a court fool, Since you don’t so much reign as jest, Iran. Will you revoke my passport for this verse? Please do. Befaram. Be my guest, Iran. They shout Allah-o-Akbar from rooftops In hope God will restore a blessed Iran. “Well, Roger, here’s why you struggle to breathe. X-rays show this caught in your chest: Iran.” ...

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