Local Poet Declares Sidewalk Crack a Portal, Evacuates Spiritually

Arash Mirzaei, a minor poet and major eccentric, stunned onlookers in central Tehran by declaring a crack in the pavement to be "a metaphysical exit from the chaos." Arash placed a candle beside it, bowed deeply, and disappeared into a seated meditation that lasted three hours. "This is the way out," he muttered. "Not through cars or borders�but through the fracture in the soul of the city." Authorities arrived but decided not to intervene, citing "artistic immunity." Several passersby joined him, forming what one journalist described as "the quietest protest in Tehran's loudest week." Arash's poem, "Crack of Dawn, Crack of Doom," has since gone viral. His Instagram now includes daily posts of sidewalk cracks with captions like "Escape Here," "Hole Sweet Hole," and "#PortalLife." Some say Arash is the voice of a generation. Others say he's just very dehydrated. SOURCE: http://bohiney.com