{"id":131,"date":"2026-05-12T14:40:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/?page_id=131"},"modified":"2026-05-12T14:40:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:40:31","slug":"slipping-goose","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/?page_id=131","title":{"rendered":"slipping goose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>dawn storm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>dissolves into<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>its blows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>lock down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>no social distancing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>for flock of sparrows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>gazing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>at never getting old<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>hunch backed moon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>winter cold<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the radiator<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>murmuring<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>anti-curfew protest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a police on his horse<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>staring at rising moon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>deep<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the reign of 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stream<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>spring soothing sound<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>curfewed street<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a meeting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>of neighbourhood cats<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>snow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>resting on a birch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>folded white velvet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>after rain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>brimming with gratitude<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>bowl of lake<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8 march<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>for mom i wear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a new smile<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>no prey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a hawk sways in its beak<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the empty sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>social distancing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a girl cuddles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>her doll<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>grey pine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>dropping its needles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>unhurt ground<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>norouz sun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the grudge i cast aside<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>i don\u2019t remember<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>norouz buds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>despite frosty night<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>norouz 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