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Untitled — “You Live in a Third-World Country”
You live in a third-world country with nth-rate thoughts. If you're sitting on a bench on the cobblestones along a river that runs through the middle of a city, waiting…
Untitled — “In a Film an Old Man Said”
In a film an old man said, I don't know why people first went after skin, or when it was. He meant animal skin. I don't know whether it was to keep warm in the cold back…
Urgency
I had gone to the neighborhood hypermarket to buy a few specific groceries. My dear, you know I don't buy anything for the fridge unless I have to; it puts my mind more…
Name Them
In the middle of winter I was driving, and since I'd only just gotten into the car, its parts were still cold and even the steering wheel had numbed the skin of my…
Light Hands
For a lot of people, the first time they see you, your hands matter. They may pretend otherwise; maybe they don't look straight at your hands at all, or they even shake…
Darkness Album Launch: ISNA Photo Report
ISNA photo report of the Darkness album launch (in Persian)
Darkness Live Rehearsal
The behind-the-scenes images you see were rehearsals for a live performance (of the album Darkness) that had been planned for Dey 1394, and unfortunately, despite all…
And
Synced with the short film “Balance”
Let's Say
Let's say you left to bring news, to come to terms with yourself. You took me and tossed me at the edge of your little world, and later and less often than the dishes…
People
Synced with the short film “Dannyboy”
Untitled — “Agreement, Fear, Psyche”
1. Agreement: If you're interested in social issues, please don't read the rest of this text, because my piece isn't social at all; the same goes if you're feeling fine…
Tampering
For a while I'd been feeling lonely; I wanted a pet. I hate birds, because I know they haven't got much of a brain, and yet they can fly. Who on earth gave something…
There's Been a Mistake
Looking for a picture frame, I wanted to stop by the old basement of my mother's house, which has long been a storeroom for things no one uses anymore, all the things…
Letter #2
My dear, if you take life itself from someone, they call you a murderer. Maybe you get caught, maybe not; you might not get caught and still regret it, and it's also…
Untitled — “Two Milligrams of Clonazepam”
Two milligrams of clonazepam (benzodiazepine) One milligram of lorazepam (benzodiazepine) Ten milligrams of zolpidem (non-benzodiazepine) It's past four in the morning…
Letter #1
Hello, my dear You had asked me not to tell anyone anything, and just like the toy revolver I stole as a kid from my spoiled cousin, I hid you from everyone. My cousin…
Lovesickness
Love isn't a known, discovered disease, but I've heard they're something like worms that start multiplying in the cavities of the brain. And it's not as if there are…
Letter #3
My dear, toward the end of winter I wasn't doing well, like every year around that time. Sometimes I think that because I was born at the start of winter, near its end a…
Not Walking
Quite by chance I saw a cheetah. Naturally, my first thought was that he would attack me. But when I looked closely I realized he didn't expect me to be afraid of him at…
I'm an Engineer
I live in my paternal body, a body I inherited from my family and grew up in. I'm not from anywhere else; my body is the only place I'm allowed to live. Sometimes I look…