Great Regulars: He was peeling an orange

at that time, so I looked at him, and I said, "I will only listen to your orders if you give me half of your orange." And the soldier just looked at this crazy woman, and he didn't know what to do with me. He sat there, he peeled the orange, gave me half of it, and after that, he told me, "OK, you can go home now." [--Suad Amiry]

for Jeffrey Brown: PBS: Newshour: Poetry of the Middle East: Palestinian Architect Now Rebuilds with Words

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