Ali's Teapots
number at
4,000
and are made of the
absolutefinestsilver
in the eastern (& perhaps
western) world
his own son told me
so I know it's so
the glimmering tea-
pots are worth
100,000 riyals (or
60,000 dollars) and
some are over
a hundred years old
his own son told me
incredible, I know
but
what makes them
immaculate is
what's in their
reflection:
the American
the Arabian
sitting on a couch
laughing as they mis-
pronounce words in each
others' languages
and
above that, a
ubiquitous light caught
in a glare (from the
heaven
they both
believe in)
this is beautiful, andrew.
ReplyDeletei admire you for tutoring, by the way.
I should have read this while you were standing in the same room as me so I could have shaken your hand. This IS beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you, both. True story.
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