I would like to thank Parsa Ferdowsi for creating a space to be confused that whose idea is whose. I would like to thank my father’s brave sperms for eagerly reaching my mother’s egg-your effort was impressive. I would like to thank my kindergarten teachers for letting me take a nap on a summer afternoon. I would like to thank Earth for years of circulation around the sun. I would like to thank my brothers and sisters for never coming to this world. I would like to thank Anya for talking kindly with me when it was raining. I would like to thank Niusha for having beautiful pauses when she talks. I would like to thank repetitions for letting me repeat things. I would like to thank Keramat for that orange juice episode in the dorm. I would like to thank Alexis for the cucumber memory in the garden. I would like to thank all epistemologists for their endless efforts, especially during the most challenging times of this journey. I would like to thank the Big Bang for letting this happen. I would like to thank Kooshan for being in the same kindergarten with me. I would like to thank hormones for letting us feel wonderful things-you are so awesome. I would like to thank Negin for being Negin. I would like to thank Mia for sending her poems. I would like to thank Time for never letting us understand it. I would like to thank the wolves in the endangered wolf center who let us record their voice. I would like to thank Saba for the way her voice changes when she’s joking-you’re so wonderful. I would like to thank UA-cam for letting me write 5000 characters in the description. I would like to thank Mr. Zargar for teaching us how not to give a fuck in elementary school. I would like to thank Ms. Shohadai for her last compliment before she vanished. I would like to thank shrimps for letting us pinch off their tail. I would like to thank Christina for being the first person to say hi to me in the department. I would thank John for sharing his take-off song. I would like to thank our dictator for torturing us. I would like to thank flowers for being metaphors in poetry. I would like to thank metaphors for being poetry in our language. I would like to thank language for letting humankind be so special. I would like to thank Sahba for that one cigarette on the shore with her. I would like to thank memory for making us longing for absence. I would like to thank Shahrokh for letting me use his red jacket. I would like to thank the people of the southern hemisphere for experiencing different seasons. I would like to thank Golrou for taking a picture of my back head. I would like to thank Saba for teaching me how to say omelet in Kurdish; I would also like to thank him for sharing a biscuit in the math class. I would like to thank the sweet people who I never had a chance to meet. I would like to thank the mountains for letting us climb them. I would like to thank words for conveying meaning-I know you tried your best. I would like to thank Mehri for picking me up from the kindergarten when she could. I would like to thank Mahin, Naser, Arman, Azin, Mamad for the Sizdahbedar memory I don’t remember clearly. I would like to thank Babak for sitting with me on the road to Isfahan. I would like to thank Parisa for the conversation on the balcony in the sunset light. I would like to thank Mina for the night I picked her up from the airport. I would like to thank clouds for making sunsets picturesque. I would like to thank Microsoft Word for never getting tired of counting my words. I would like to thank fate for being so decisive in its decisions. I would like to thank Peter for drawing my attention to Bruckner 4. I would like to thank those who are reading these lines-you perhaps have already listened to me many times. I would like to thank those who are not reading these lines-I’m so sorry that there are a lot of words in the world. I would like to thank Nasim for the ice cream before I leave. I would like to thank time and space for years of friendship with each other. I would like to thank self-censorship for helping me not get into trouble. I would like to thank Parsa again for the last two lines. I hope you all are having a wonderful summer.