BAHIA
© Farouk Asvat
Green-sea-in-motion eyes skittish with laughter, assumed a moist
sadness, when Bahia put on her
contactlenses. She gave her
layered short hair one last brush in the mirror; and mannequined through the passage looking
over her right shoulder to the tip of her right heel to make sure everything
was perfect. In the lounge she looked
into the mirror inscribed in Arabic: Allah Muhammed and the
oath of belief in Islam. If God
happened to be in that mirror He would have been proud of the mischievous
determination staring into His eyes, and might have brought some happiness to
this godforsaken land. And I, mere
mortal man, fell the first night I set eyes upon her credulous eyes in their
dimly-lit lounge, as she let my penetrating gaze into her very own soul,
without revealing her feelings in the matter, of course. ...
SHORT STORY: continued …
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acknowledgements:
● Bahia is published in:
New Classic *
(Skotaville, p17, vol 2 (1), 1983);
This Masquerade *
This Masquerade (kindle,
2019);
This Masquerade (amazon paperback, p51, 2019).
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[§] Books by Farouk
Asvat:
● Sadness In The House Of Love (novel)
● The Gathering Of The Storm (novel)
● This Masquerade (short stories)
● I Dream In Long Sentences (poetry)
● The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs
(poetry)
● A Celebration Of Flames (poetry)
● The Time Of Our Lives (poetry)
● Bra Frooks … (poetry)*
● The Paanies Are Coming (short stories)*
● In The House Of Love (novel)*
● Weapons Of Words (comparative
literature & literary criticism)
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