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“[Silent Messages 2] She was rearranging her messy handbag at the crowded bus station When she lifted her head for a short interval, Her eyes caught a young couple kissing, touching, and hugging In an exaggerated and performative manner When the couple noticed her, The young woman gave her a mean and malicious look as if asking: Are you jealous of all the love I am surrounded by? She returned the look with a sly one as if responding: The love that exaggerates in displaying itself in public Is either new and inexperienced, dead, or dying… [[Original poem published in Arabic on December 5, 2022 at ahewar.org]” — Louis Yako
[Silent Messages 2]
She was rearranging her messy handbag at the crowded bus station
When she lifted her head for a short interval,
Her eyes caught a young couple kissing, touching, and hugging
In an exaggerated and performative manner
When the couple noticed her,
The young woman gave her a mean and malicious look as if asking:
Are you jealous of all the love I am surrounded by?
She returned the look with a sly one as if responding:
The love that exaggerates in displaying itself in public
Is either new and inexperienced, dead, or dying…
[[Original poem published in Arabic on December 5, 2022 at ahewar.org]