Accretion by Irfan Ali

Author:Irfan Ali
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Poetry
Publisher: Brick Books
Published: 2020-04-09T13:00:29+00:00

“Stand up.

Face Qibla.

Take three sips.

Make dua.

Then drink the rest down.”

Though there was barely any belief left in this flesh, I wondered could I make more than one prayer. She snorted as if to say: “What? Your health’s not enough?”

So I stood up.

Faced Qibla.

Took three sips.

Thought of the family cannibalizing itself in silence. Of this body dissolving. But I must’ve passed then through some novice gate of love, having seen you when I prayed.

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