Tag: Sara Elhassan
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by Sara Elhassan The customer walks away, leaving the trader counting his money. …Correction – HER money. HER hard earned money. She looks down at the bag, marveling at how oversized – and empty – it looks now that it has become her property. She strains to hear the sound coming from the bottom of the…
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Hush Hush Poetry (explicit)
by Sara Elhassan I was 15 years old and on summer vacation 2 and a half months to revert back to innocence 2 and a half months to forget about drugs, sex, and issues of race 2 and a half months to run around 7eishan (courtyards) pile in beds having late night conversations with equally innocent friends…
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Love Poem
by Sara Elhassan This poem is a response to a complaint that I “don’t write about important things, like love” Sugar lump, honey pie Do save me from my critical mind I long to write you love sonnets But I just keep getting sidetracked by this pesky world and its problems Like that day I…
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Waiting in Vain
by Sara Elhassan I could cry, but what good would it do It won’t bring you home sooner Won’t bridge the widening gap between us Won’t change the fact that time and time again You Insist on taking the car when you know full well that I have somewhere to go. I was really looking…