One day, the photograph said to the painting, “Why are you so valuable and precious? Compared to me, you are full of flaws and defects.”

The painting humbly replied, “You are like an angel: all your goodness is inherent. But I am like a human being: my goodness is art.”

Abbas Iravani Tabrizipour is a 54-year-old from Iran who recently won second prize in the Ahvaz 2025 International Very Short Fiction Competition (stories under ten words).