[Hafiz] YOUR SHAPE OF LAUGHTER

[Guest guest]

- Joseph Riley

Hafiz

YOUR SHAPE OF LAUGHTER

Let my words become like a skilledPotter's hands,

Quieting,Smoothing your lifeWith their knowledge,

Reaching into your tender coreAnd spreading you outLike the morning

That leaps from the sun's amused winkOnto hills, brows, and backs of

so manyBeautiful laboring beasts.

God's duty is to make perfectAll your movements of mind, of limb,And

your ascending shape of laughter.

Watch the way my hands danceWith their diamond-edged brilliance

Cutting you open with music,Reaching into your heart

And spilling the night sky-jar you carryThat is always full of giggling planets and stars.

My words are a divine potter's wheel.If you stay near to me,Please,Stay near to me -

And Hafiz will spin you intoLove.

("The Subject Tonight is Love" - versions of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky)

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