Senses, the workout before the workout
- 4:30 am, The Closer I get to you
- resist the reach, collapse inward
- hand first reaches, lands on coat, little head rises
- screendoor squeak makes him stir
- orions's belt over deck, dog tags jingle, click down steps
- kitchen in darkness, move with wisdom
- whistle, kettle birdsound
- 1/2 uziri, 1/2 french steam
- warm smoke of coffee in chest
- feet on tile, wood, rug
- lean again, this time upward
- opening chord
- searching columns and pages, face blue before clean
- she hears him in hall; he sneaks back under covers
- harsh light exposes face under night shadow
- or it could be a mother visitation
- water, full glass
- wrap in all black, bend forward, hamstring recoil
- the first 3 times
- release
- hopes that stretching and mosturizer opens everything
- soundtrack of freeway bounces up the hill
- one more reminder
- purple kicks
- take off, it's morning
- stars are moving toward winter
- progress to another night
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About Elmaz
Elmaz's books, Children of the Roojme, a Family's Journey from Lebanon and In The Country of My Dreams... , as well as her play, Country of Origin, illustrate personal lives of Arabs and Arab Americans negotiating hostile terrain, cultural polarities,...
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MECA, VONA,
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