Trying to Find Sources in Amman – A Series of Haikus

Somewhere, out there, is my long-lost source…

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I dial the phone

No one answers while it rings

Why won’t you call back?

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Sweat pours down my face

Folds of fabric suffocate

This sweltering cab.

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The streets choked with cars

Hear Arabic beats booming

I am late and standing still.

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Searching for some English

Desperately asking “Do you know?”

Finally, one – she says “Yes.”

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You say meet at one

He says I will try, maybe.

Interview cancelled.

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Try to learn language

Try to learn the culture norms

Then, there is success?