Hafiz

THEN WINKS

Everything is clapping today.

Light,

Sound,

Motion,

All movement.

A rabbit I pass pulls a cymbal

From a hidden pocket

Then winks.

This causes a few planets and I

To go nuts

And start grabbing each other.

Someone sees this,

Calls a

Shrink,

Tries to get me

Committed

For

Being too

Happy.

Listen: this world is the lunatic's sphere,

Don't always agree it's real,

Even with my feet upon it

And the postman knowing my door

My address is somewhere else.

from The Gift: Poems by Hafiz the Great Sufi Master, by Daniel Ladinsky