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	By Sara Margaryan


	If you put your large piece of pizza
	Back on the plate for a while,
	Maybe you will hear my words,
	Trying to penetrate into your mind.
	Maybe you will see the flash of my eyes,
	When I look at you, reading letters
	Sent once by me, so long ago.

	If you put away your glass of juice,
	I will be able to present you
	With an unforgettable taste of nectar,
	I will dance the taste of the spring
	And will turn into the summer heat,
	If you only put away your book for a while
	And take off that ugly hat,
	I will see your eyes more clearly
	And will smell your short brown hair
	Just before you go to take shower.
	If you close the window,
	You will hear me better,
	And the wind, a cruel rival,
	Will not steal away part of my words
	On its rapid wings.

	If you onlyonly loved me a little.

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Sara Margaryan was born in Yerevan, Armenia. She has graduated from
Yerevan State Linguistic University and the European Peace University,
Stadtschlaining, Austria. At present she studies for a Master program
of Asian Studies, Lund, Sweden, specializing in modern Japan. Sara has
been writing poetry since childhood and published a book in 1999.
She writes mainly in Russian, but also in Armenian and English.