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When Zaina went home

and I'd finished my chores,
I walked upstairs into my room.


Now was the perfect time.

Mother was answering emails
and Suki was downstairs reading,
which meant I would be left  a l o n e
for as  l  o  n  g  as I needed.

"Promise me you'll

talk to Auntie Zainab?"

Zaina's words rang in my ears.
I'd promised her, yes, but I hadn't
promised to do it anytime soon.

I wanted to...figure it out
by myself.

So I closed the door,
opened my window,
grabbed a notebook
and sat on the floor,

ready to figure out
just what the problem was.

WHY IS EVERYTHING WRONG?

I write right at the 
top of the page.
Then I start scribbling,

WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY?
- being with Orsai

WHAT MAKES ME SAD?
- ...being

I cross it out,
making big, angry
marks over the word.

- being with...Orsai
                          - WHY does she make me feel both...?

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