“..Haqam na-daad ghami, joz keh qafiye-talabi..”
(‘The only concern God granted me was the quest for rhyme)
– Jalaludin al-Rumi
“put it country simple, earth has a lot of things other folks might want,
like the whole planet
and maybe these folks want a few changes made..
..There is no place else to go.
The theater is closed..”
– William S. Burroughs, in Ministry’s “Big Fix”
“..uqtuluni ya thiqati
inna fi qatli hayati
inna fi hatati fi mamati..”
– Mansur al-Hallaj, from a qasida within his Diwan
“..the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I’ll never look into your eyes…again…”
-Jim Morrison, in The Doors, The End