Koopa
Saw the sign:
“Meat, Halal.”
Curious, went inside.
Saw items like pickles
-processed in Iran.
Did shopping and purchased…
One item, “Chaghaleh: “
-a reminder of the past
-when still chubby and…
We plucked the almonds
– (baby-green, very young,)
-rubbed off the woolly part
-of the skin; make it soft.
Then ate it with some salt.
In times, we
-grounded and mixed it
-with yogurt “Yam, yum…”
-and had it with much fun.
Looked at the bag when at home
-saw writing said: “Koopa.”
– (A village near ours!)
“He can be a cousin; “
– (from my maternal grandma’s.)
Once, when young
-I escaped to Tehran
-on return took a long walk
-all the way from there
-all the way to Fesharak…
I have been a devil!
I sure am a devil!
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