GAYOMART A Poem for the Middle East by Reid Baer <br />-<br />I don’t believe the first human <br />beings sprouted from rhubarb nor <br />do I like the twang not even <br />in a sugared pie with the same <br /><br />but I will upon my own dare <br />endure the raw tart taste as I <br />would a smart smack in the face from<br />Persia’s earliest high priest king<br /><br />-
