Sassan Tabatabai
FIREFLIES

Through the heavy darkness
descending on the lawn,
fireflies flicker
to an undecipherable rhythm
of their own making—
sending coded messages
in soundless Morse:
announcing high tide,
urging the full moon to force its way
through the cleavage in the clouds,
praising the perfect rings of Saturn.

NB: This poem is reprinted from his first collection of poetry, Uzunburun.

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