Hamid Sirhan

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“Wagt Ash-shay” by Hamid Sirhan

Submitted to Contest #128

‘More sugar?’ my uncle asked. A heaped spoon hovered threateningly.   ‘No, no, no, thanks amo.’’ my hand preemptively splayed over the top of my full-to-the-brim glass tumbler, steaming my palm. A thick layer of sugar sand had settled at the bottom, resting expectantly under the crystal amber sea of gunpowder mint tea. Shay. Chay. Cha. Thee. Tea.  My father’s brother considered bartering with me, for just a moment, but there were other guests in peril of empty glasses. So he issued a disappointed ‘Akh, habibi’, with the sl...

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