Nimeh-ye penhan
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Is this all you're capable of?
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If you want to be a writer or a poet,
you have to accept criticism.

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Maybe I didn't make myself clear.
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There was a writer who is
one of your friends.

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When he wanted to say,
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"The man asked the woman
to give him the ashtray", he would say,

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"That man who was bent over
by the cruelty of history's tyrants,

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...asked that woman who was
called weak all her life,

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...to give him the ashtray that was
the product of the mass's hard labour.

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You see how ridiculous it sounds?
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But a lot of my poetry has been published
by the official branch of the organization.

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...and it has many readers.
-What do you expect me to do?

:42:49
Give you a round of applause?
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In your poems, you have written things that,
they, as a political organization, need.

:42:57
So, basically you object to struggle?
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If you mean throwing fists in the air,
yes, I object to it.

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If you mean the killing of
good people like you, yes I object.

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If your desire is to follow
a political organization and,

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...post flyers and get beaten up
along the way, that's fine by me.

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For that line of work,
you should strengthen your body.

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But if your interest is in art & philosophy,
then that's a different matter.

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You should read, and read well.
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You should write.
You should accept criticism.

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You know, you talk very well
but I have things to say too.

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You don't listen to my words at all.
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This isn't a two-way communication.
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I know that you are more learned than me,
but that doesn't mean you're always right.

:43:56
I don't know why, but I feel
you don't understand my generation.


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