HONEY

amman  and ana    i
am seven years old  holding my
tongue out  ready for my second teaspoon
of  عسل   it is always seven in the morning
every morning of this lifetime wa baba
holds the spoon like an heirloom
bein his fingers             each drop
of honey  his holy
oil       baba
was never a man
of much   دين  per se bas
you could say this was his daily
worship  six prayers worth of teaspoons
two for each of us      assem       zein      hamza

amman and ana    i
am twenty one years old in bed
my pillow tasting   purely of salt   this time
sadness stops  only  happening to other
people   outside  of course   it rains
pure emo girl        aesthetic
baba ba3dein comes in
bi his arms      كعك   
sesame seeded fresh
from al suffarah bakery
bi swefieh    with a jar full of  honey
wallah  i  am sorry baba   i   know  you
hate to see me cry   water wasted in a water
poor country you say   handing me an old  spoon


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ZEIN SA’DEDIN
UNITED KINGDOM