Sunday, August 01, 2004

"...Take away my lollypop, little incident
Raise me on the lap of your fascism
so in you I can reach the right to choose.
Rights are meaningless unless you don't have them
and are facing those who do.
I will not burn you because my roots will turn into ashes
I command you, fascist incident!
Let there be the monster, single-headed and double-eared, upon the earth..."

Maryam Hooleh's revolutionary poem Inferno, Inc. in many ways is the tale of the Iranian people's struggle. Her honesty and strength in poetry is beyond gender definition. You can read the Inferno, Inc. on the Iranian Times.