Winking Out

Winking Out, originally uploaded by TomRaven.

"Sometimes I say to a poem,

"I don't have the strength
To wring out another drop
Of the sun."

And the poem will often
Respond

By climbing onto a barroom table:

Then lifts its skirt, winks,
Causing the whole sky to
Fall."
— شمس‌الدّین محمّد حافظِ شیرازی - Hafiz (The Gift)

* Pentax K20D and Samsung D-Xenon 50-200mm Lens

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