Hayan Charara is the author of two poetry collections, The Alchemist’s Diary and The Sadness of Others, nominated for the National Book Award. His work has been translated into French and Arabic and has received several Pushcart Prize nominations. Charara is also the author of a children’s book, The Three Lucys (2014), winner of the New Voices Award, and he edited an anthology of contemporary Arab American poetry, Inclined to Speak. He lives in Texas and serves as president of the Radius of Arab American Writers.

Mother and Daughter

by Hayan Charara

The mother says, I am afraid.
The daughter says, I am afraid.

The mother says, My feet are cold.
The daughter says, My feet are cold.

The mother says, The car is sinking.
The daughter says, Yes, the car is sinking.

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