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"The Density of Sadness" by the poet Mohamed Al-Matrood

"The Density of Sadness" by the poet Mohamed Al-Matrood

By Arab Canada News

Published: October 7, 2022

My mother entrusted her friend with breastfeeding me

And she said to her: "Be happy while you feed him from your breast,

The density of sorrow in my milk will make him gloomy in September,

And I do not want him to be lacking in joy and a mother."

My breastfeeding siblings died truly or metaphorically

And some of them suffer from sadness, from the effects of my mouth on the breast

I took from them what kept me alive, and gave them what made them miserable

Oh my God, how selfish I was!

In September, white mixes with yellow

And my soul goes with its khaki color to the color festival.

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