Blood

Blood 

"We showed Pharaoh all Our 

signs, but he denied them 

and paid no heed."

I keep an Egypt secretly in my

heart: never foretell that which

     may never happen: 

on the coast at Sharm, I almost 

sever a finger while slicing 

     onions for rassum: 

blood colors the broth, mirrors 

the sea before me:

          my exit. 

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