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Earthly Pleasures
I indulge in the here and now.
My joys are simple but divine.
I have all the wealth to
endow.
The sky, the earth, the
ocean’s mine.
I find shining diamonds banal;
The overuse of all that grace.
I relish in what’s plain and
small:
The smile on the ice cream
boy’s face.
Majestic glasses of champagne
Or the taste of fine caviar
Is nothing like the sound of
rain
Perfumed with mowed grass from
afar.
To journey to the farthest
land
I don’t need cruises fit for
kings,
Or private jets at my command.
I sail, I fly; my mind has
wings.
No royal romance can measure
The sudden meeting of our
eyes.
The luxuries that I treasure
Are grand but in everyday
guise.
Niloufar Behrooz
Niloufar
Behrooz is lecturer in English Literature at the University of Isfahan, Iran.
Her work has appeared in Raintown Review, Classical Poets Society, Lighten Up
Online, Parody, Loch Raven Review, Literary Hatchet, Litro, World Haiku Review
and elsewhere. You can find her on Instagram @niloufarbehrooz