A Night, A Bird…

The poetry collection “A Bird One Night…; The First Five Notebooks” is written by “Leila Kordbacheh.” We read a poem from this collection: “It’s enough to test your lips and teeth a thousand times a day in the mirror / and decide for yourself / which is a grimace / and which, a smile, / and remember how your father / used to soak / his artificial smiles / in a glass of water every night, / so he could take a fresher smile / to his office in the mornings. / These days I smile at the mirror, / tiptoe out of the house / and make sure / nothing falls out of my mouth…”