HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A HEART? Once a young woman asked me, "How does it feel to be a man?" And I replied, "My dear, I am not so sure." Then she said, "Well, aren¹t you a man?" And this time I replied, "I view gender As a beautiful animal That people often take for a walk on a leash And might enter in some odd contest To try to win strange prizes. My dear, A better question for Hafiz Would have been, How does it feel to be a heart?" For all I know is Love, And I find my heart Infinite And Everywhere!² (³I Heard God Laughing² ­ versions of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky)