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0 Spitting image By Fahima Hersi

When Eedo Laki saw me for the first time, her mouth robbed me of my name and replaced it with my father’s. The Arabic sat sweet between her tongue and teeth. She addressed me with glee and haunt fencing in the nucleus of her eyes. Wails filled the humid air. Nameless faces that looked like […]

By Fahima Hersi
In Poetry

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