THE CAFE’S BIRD BY SUZAN A’ALYOOWAN
TRANSLATED BY: H.I. AL-MUHAIRI
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Your place in the cafe
is not empty.
After you left,
a bird came
and sat in your corner.
I contemplate him
from afar,
just as I used to contemplate you,
as he is smoking his cigarette
and wandering with his lost eyes
in the smoke.
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