{"id":144,"date":"2026-05-12T15:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/?page_id=144"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:18:22","slug":"adios-cordoba","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/?page_id=144","title":{"rendered":"adios cordoba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>13 june 2017<\/em>, <em>spain<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">good sunrise! hola green tea! hola orange trees!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the teapot of my dreams falls, shatters and scatters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">all over i stand in the court of oranges<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">surrounded by highly humble walls<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the fountain in the middle of the court<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">hums a melody dedicated to the thirsty bees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and the cypresses deftly dust the sun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and nudge the fatty floating clouds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and wave to the visitors, saying: hola!- adios!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a manmade paradise inside the mosque-cathedral<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">hugs me and takes me back to the past<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">each tile reflecting hate and love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and each ornament mirrors violence and submission,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">reconciliation and the ferocity of human history<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">nonetheless the expression of two cultures inspiringly overlaps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the intensity of my observations does not cease<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i come to conceive the poetic and mystical<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">clashes of two astonishing civilizations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i leave all of my belongings behind me;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">instead i stuff into my suitcase<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">altars, bricks, marbles, cypresses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and half of cordoba\u2019s sun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">it is as light as the wings of a mosquito.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">home sweet home!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">as i open my suitcase,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">all my butterfly-like dreams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">fly away to all directions and are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">dissolved into the vacuum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">gracias cordoba! hasta la vista!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>13 june 2017, spain good sunrise! hola green tea! hola orange trees! the teapot of my dreams falls, shatters and scatters all over i stand in the court of oranges surrounded by highly humble walls the fountain in the middle of the court hums a melody dedicated to the thirsty bees and the cypresses deftly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-144","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145,"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144\/revisions\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}