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Amman, full of wheat

Today I happened upon a book about Amman and its people, published in 1995. It was a document about the series of changes that Amman had undergone up to then. And I wanted to cry because I missed my little old Amman of 1995, I missed driving the Peugeot station wagon with the morning ragas or Shawn Colvin on highest volume, I missed our house being only one of three or four in that part of Dabouq, I missed seeing our house from the road, I missed the shepherd girl who used to ask me if I was in the army because I wore a dark green shirt, I missed life before the internet was the reference for everything, I missed Amman before the malls, I missed Amman full of wheat, I missed spring in Jordan when it still felt like spring, not just dust, I missed my father as a young man, I missed my mother as a young woman.

(image Jean Bradbury)

today

I followed a doctor down Makdissi Street. She was walking home with her two kids. This was the doctor has treated my friend at AUH. I followed them down the road. Because the doctor is alive and my friend is dead.

Amman, full of wheat

Today I happened upon a book about Amman and its people, published in 1995. It was a document about the series of changes that Amman had undergone up to then. And I wanted to cry because I missed my little old Amman of 1995, I missed driving the Peugeot station wagon with the morning ragas or Shawn Colvin on highest volume, I missed our house being only one of three or four in that part of Dabouq, I missed seeing our house from the road, I missed the shepherd girl who used to ask me if I was in the army because I wore a dark green shirt, I missed life before the internet was the reference for everything, I missed Amman before the malls, I missed Amman full of wheat, I missed spring in Jordan when it still felt like spring, not just dust, I missed my father as a young man, I missed my mother as a young woman.

(image Jean Bradbury)

today

I followed a doctor down Makdissi Street. She was walking home with her two kids. This was the doctor has treated my friend at AUH. I followed them down the road. Because the doctor is alive and my friend is dead.

Amman, full of wheat
today

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Garçon manqué (n.m.)
1.Filles qui a des allures de garçon.

Mauvais garçon (n.m.)
1.individu qui traîne dans les rues, mal élevé, volontiers délinquant.

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