by Ali Znaidi<\/p>\n
\nThe Mona Lisa Megrims<\/b>
\n
\nA river of secret light used to stream across her enigmatic lips.<\/p>\n
No wind was able to expose her untamed smile, nor the years\u2014<\/p>\n
a smile beyond description\/ a smile that encrypted but never<\/p>\n
revealed.<\/p>\n
She always felt jubilant like an immaculate virgin that is hard<\/p>\n
to conquer. She always felt sublime, & even her shadow rippled<\/p>\n
her mysterious beauty. She always felt she is the only artist<\/p>\n
when it comes to enigmatic seduction. But today melancholia<\/p>\n
is her twin sister because her codes are deciphered & her enigma<\/p>\n
is showcased in museums\u2019 halls to satisfy the gluttony of hungry<\/p>\n
eyes.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/b>
\n
\n <\/p>\n
A Hall of Fame<\/b><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
She<\/p>\n
saw<\/p>\n
many copies<\/p>\n
of her face<\/p>\n
being generated on the pond.<\/p>\n
She felt inducted into a hall of fame.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
<\/b>
\n <\/p>\n
The Calculator<\/b><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
The<\/p>\n
calculator<\/p>\n
in his<\/p>\n
hands was miraculous.<\/p>\n
He said it helped him<\/p>\n
calculate jillions & jillions of his fragmented dreams.<\/p>\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n
Cruelty<\/b><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
An<\/p>\n
artificial<\/p>\n
snail atop<\/p>\n
a wooden clock:<\/p>\n
\/tick, tick, tick, tick, tick\/<\/i><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Cruel time is merciless [ly] moving w\/ it<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/b>
\n
\n
\nCollage<\/b><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
winter<\/p>\n
melancholy<\/p>\n
I cut<\/p>\n
my old newspapers<\/p>\n
into\u00a0tiny pieces<\/span>, tiny scraps\u2014<\/p>\n <\/p>\n a collage\/a feast for my hungry fireplace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Ali Znaidi The Mona Lisa Megrims A river of secret light used to stream across her enigmatic lips. No wind was able to expose her untamed smile, nor the years\u2014 a smile beyond description\/ a smile that encrypted but never revealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1005,77],"tags":[1011,1165,1123],"class_list":["post-10088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-egophobia-39-40","category-english","tag-ali-znaidi","tag-egophobia-39-40","tag-english"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6DakB-2CI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10088"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10114,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10088\/revisions\/10114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}