Why don’t you tell us so tell us so we know where you come from so we know how to talk to you so we know what you do for a living so do you like pudding so the baby is yours so where is the baby from so you got unlucky with love unlucky with life where is the rest of your family so you can speak English that’s funny so strange that you drink tea without milk so basically you’re not from around here so are you getting used to this country so are there deserts where you come from so what is your mother tongue so did you cross the channel so was there a tunnel so are you really from wherever you say you are so were there many of you so what happened to the boat so it may or may not be true so what a beautiful morning lovely weather.
Nora Nadjarian is a poet and writer from Cyprus. Her work was included in anthologies such as Europa 28 (Comma Press, 2020). Her short fiction has also appeared in Sand Journal, FRiGG, Milk Candy Review, Ghost Parachute, Gone Lawn and chosen for Wigleaf‘s Top 50 Very Short Fictions of 2022 (selected by Kathy Fish).
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