*

Metaphor is elsewhere, a jewel resulting
in the snout of a pig. Sparrow, here—nearly unresting thing
which always seems suddenly to never have left
my mind. Because you will so easily disappear,
I think of you as infinitely near.

- Farnoosh Fathi, Sparrow

Those last 2 lines just make the heart stop.

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