What the River Keeps
What the Lamp Saw
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somewhere a kettle is singing for no one.
somewhere a door is left open for a cat
who has been dead for years.
we are all so faithful
to the things that do not come back.
How did it leave you?Your reaction helps Noor Fatima know what landed.
the river keeps what we forget to carry:a sandal, a promise, the colour of a scarfmy grandmother wore to her own wedding.it keeps them the way she kept things,folded, without comment,in a tin that once held biscuits.
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