Tag: Flash
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The Hair Heartthrob
All the girls were obsessed with his perfect hair. It was his signature trait, yet, for some unknown reason, it was forbidden for anyone but him to touch it. It’s that hair that made him the neighborhood heartthrob; the one who ended things with girls before they even saw the light of day. One time,…
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بقعة
.شردت في البقعة على حائط غرفة النوم وأنا أفرغ أغراضي من شنطة السفر. ها هو ذا، أخي كلما ذهبتُ خارج البلاد وعُدتُ، أجده في مكانه، ولكن ليس في مكانه. فالبقعة التي تتخذ شكل إنسان، شكله هو، لا تزال في موقعها. لكن هيئتها تختلف مع كل رحلة. السنة الماضية كانت البقعة ترسم على الحائط شكل جسده…
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Two funerals and a love interest
“Love will find you when you least expect it.” That’s what her grandmother always told her. Today was her granny’s funeral. In her black dress, among the white flowers, she cried -a lot – until her eyes caught something they liked… a real gentleman who had left early without a name or number. She kept…
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Lest I Forget
A shiver pulses through the ground, and the mighty oaks that line this clearing quake in response, shrugging a sudden chill that took an evening to arrive. The breeze passes through crossed legs and arms, flaying my loose collar as it makes its way downhill to a coast. Looking back, I find the moon reduced…
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لحظة معلّقة على حافة الزمن
كانت نفحات الشتاء قد بدأت تلامس أيام دبي الدافئة. وصلَت قبل الميعاد ومشت إلى جانب النادل الذي رافقها إلى الطاولة المحجوزة لذلك اللقاء. كانت طاولةً مطلةً على الحديقة الخارجية للمطعم. أما هي فكانت في خضم الرسائل التي تروح وتجيء بين الأصدقاء الذين تأخروا عن الموعد وفيما هي منهمكة بهاتفها، التفتت يمينًا. رأتهما يجلسان تحت تلك…
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I Am (2)
Vagina July 14, 2024- Home, 7:30 I am a vagina. An anatomical organ, a black hole that is mysterious, isolated, hidden. A hole that leads to a canal and then to a box. An entrance to life-making, creation and pleasure. I am invaded the moment I realize my being.. Pleasure? I am the subject of…
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Rice Wasn’t Like the Others
When the gunfire echoed through the valley that day, the dogs barked, the cats scattered, and the birds fled. Even the wind felt afraid. But Rice didn’t make a sound, he didn’t flinch, he didn’t run. He stood there by the fig tree, blinking slowly, the sun catching the edge of his one chipped horn.…
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Then, I Remembered Everything
Heavy thunders brewed outside the night a stranger called my dad asking for help. Mom and I were listening, terrified. Who could be calling now? He wanted help, he told my dad. A cat was stuck in his car engine, hiding. Horrible thoughts invaded my mind and I began to imagine the worst – he’s…
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Grey
The floor trembled beneath the pink skin of my grey paws. Earlier that day on August 4th, 2020, as I later heard mom call it, nothing extraordinary had happened. I woke up grandma as soon as I could see a crack of light outside – I can’t remember if I thought she was dead after…
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White confetti
Darine opens her eyes; her vision is blurred with white confetti. She fixes her head in the fluff of her mother’s sweater. Earlier that day, Darine sat on a plastic chair on the balcony reading Perks of Being a Wallflower. Her mother sat on the floor next to her with a bucket of water and…