The Last Shahrzad

He saw Bahman smiling as he waved at him. He saw Jamshid, who when he defeated Apush, fell to his knees and bowed to God. He saw the old woman running to the village square dancing and shouting: “My Shahrzad, my Shahrzad!” He saw Zahhak’s snakes cowering in the corners of their halls from the sound of the pounding maces and swords in the battle between Apush and Tishtar.