Naosheyrvaan Nasir
A fresh mint in your mouth
excites the taste buds
which have been waiting all day.
To raise a
day of disappointment to a
day of delight in only a
few minutes is so fresh.
In the shape of an ellipse
made by my man Wrigley,
it wriggles in my mouth like
a shooting star denied
access to my gastric dungeon.
Bullied by the net,
the ping-pong ball bounces from
one racquet to another.
Each touch of the net dipping
the cool ball in this
saliva solution that
shrinks it. As you’ll see,
the net is struggling with
the decreasing size
of the fresh mint in your mouth
and the increasing
atmosphere of excitement.
And when that ball comes down
to a size way too small
it’s time to say
farewell.
Naosheyrvaan is an economics/project management student. His interests include volunteering at his mosque, writing a variety of text types, reading (especially the news!), following the NBA and tweeting every now and then at @nao_nasir.
