“Like the rest of them,
will you also examine the white, crystal today
in the haze and mist of slimy yesterday?
Do what you will
but keep it in mind:
the sun has also been accused
of having necked and cuddled the night.”

— Parveen Shakir

Sessions of Sweet, Silent Thought: translated by Mirza Nehal Ahmad Baig, p. 20
Poetry, Keep it in Mind

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Pakistani writer and poet 1952–1994

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“Like the rest of them,will you also examine the white, crystal todayin the haze and mist of slimy yesterday?Do what you willbut keep it in mind:the sun has also been accusedof having necked and cuddled the night.”

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“Like the rest of them,
will you also examine the white, crystal today
in the haze and mist of slimy yesterday?
Do what you will
but keep it in mind:
the sun has also been accused
of having necked and cuddled the night.”