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that describes Shah Siyavush’s death。”

I explained to Black; who listened silently; how Siyavush made preparations

for  avenging  his  brothers;  how  he  burned  down  his  entire  palace;  all  his

belongings  and  property;  how  he  forgivingly  parted  from  his  wife;  mounted

his steed and went to war; how he lost the battle and was dragged by his hair

along the ground before being laid out facedown “just as you are now;” and

how  a  knife  was  pressed  against  his  throat;  how  there  erupted  an  argument

between his friends and enemies over whether they should kill him or let him

free  and  how  the  defeated  king;  his  face  in  the  dirt;  listened  to  his  captors。

Then I asked him; “Are you fond of that illustration? Geruy es up behind

Siyavush; as I have to you; gets on top of him; rests his sword against his neck;

grabs a fistful of hair and cuts his throat。 Your red blood; soon to flow; makes

black dust rise from the dry earth; where later still; a flower will bloom。”

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I fell quiet and from distant streets we could hear the Erzurumis screaming

as they ran。 The terror outside at once brought the two of us; lying one on top

of the other; closer。

“But in all those pictures;” I added; pulling harder on Black’s hair; “one can

sense the difficulty of elegantly drawing two men who despise each other yet

whose bodies; like ours; have bee as one。 It’s as if the chaos of treachery;

envy and battle that es just before the magical and magnificent moment

of beheading has too fully permeated those pictures。 Even the greatest masters

of Kazvin would have difficulty drawing two men on top of each other; they’d

confuse everything。 Whereas you and I; see for yourself; we’re much more tidy

and elegant。”

“The blade is cutting;” he whimpered。

“I’m much obliged for your polite words; my dear man; but it’s doing no

such thing。 I’m being quite careful。 I wouldn’t do anything to ruin the beauty

of our pose。 In the scenes of love; death and war; wherein the great masters of

old  rendered  intertwined  bodies  as  if  they  were  one;  they  were  able  to  elicit

only our tears。 See for yourself: My head rests upon the nape of your neck as if

it were a part of your body。 I can smell your hair and the scent of your neck。

My legs; on either side of yours; are stretched out in such harmony with yours;

that  an  onlooker  might  mistake  us  for  an  elegant  four…legged  beast。  Do  you

feel  the  balance  of  my  weight  on  your  back  and  buttocks?”  Another  silence;

but  I  didn’t  press  the  sword  upward;  because  it  would  indeed  have  cut  his

throat。 “If you’re not going to speak; I might be provoked to bite your ear;” I

said; whispering into that very ear。

When I noticed in his eyes that he was prepared to speak; I asked the same

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