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A Poem Made of Water
by Ibtisam Barakat
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The
biology teacher
said
that people,
even
the hard-hearted,
are
made mostly
of
water…
And
I understood that
all
of us, like water,
have
been through
so
much:
Fell
from the sky…
spent
nights in the
middle
of a dark ocean…
cleaned
dirt out of clothes,
and
dishes of all kinds…
had
to freeze in winters
and
simmer under covers
and
be put in cubes and
hit
countless times
on
kitchen counters.
And
I understood why
when
someone’s tears fall,
I
feel.
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