MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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People Watching at Rush Hour
It’s almost like a caricature.
One man actually shakes his head
whilst reading a Metro news headline.
Another has his head tulip leaning
against the glass whilst pondering
out the window, all doe-eyed.
A lady taps her watch and sighs.
No one is smiling. But I can’t talk,
I’m sitting in the luggage holder.
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