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