Non-Identical twins

-Dead
Who is invited?
The host is dead

The pool reflects jazz
And

A Bowl of untouched
Cherries

-Alive
Who has come uninvited?
The host is here

The wall ruminates silence
And
Dregs of old wine

Thimble
She has gone
The house is clean
Plants un-watered
Loose threads on the sewing table

In the garden, naked
He smokes
On cut grass
The cinders

Tonight
The moonless night
Takes her place

Laily Mahoozi is a neuroendocrinologist/poet based in Iran. Her life is a matrimony between medicine and poetry. Her poems reveal a life in exile-Revolution, war and immigration. In 2012, her book of short poems, ‘Curve’ was published. Lothlorien Journal and Pulp Poetry Press have published her poetry. Her English translation of poems by the esteemed Sohrab Sepehri is under publication.