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Make a wish
                                              Layla awaits
                                                 Majnun 
                                            Of Persian lore
                                          From the oil lamp
                                             Smokeless fire   
                                                Jeweled
                                                lizard of
                                                  Djinn 
                                              Casted out
                                             Doomed into 
                                            an arid desert
                                        The land of betrayal
                                                  Pans
                                        On an endless night

                                  (Yalto created by Edward Ibeh)

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Arlo Parker

Date: 4/26/2023 7:34:00 PM

Love interrupted, Persian style. Mystical and evocative, Anaya. Legendary story suitable for modern occasions. :o(

I Am Anaya
Date: 4/27/2023 8:00:00 AM

Majnun and Layla had their daya!

Robert Gorelick

Date: 4/26/2023 4:22:00 PM

Your words and phraseology are artfully trimmed and pared, down to reveal the raw, candid reality of trust betrayed and the harsh consequences inherent in such circumstances. Milton would have been pleased. Robert

I Am Anaya
Date: 4/26/2023 6:20:00 PM

' Twas a long night for Layla, maybe one of her longest. Always longing for her lover.