Conditionals

If we love the same things, that makes us friends.

If we hate the same things, that makes us friends.

If we dream in the same language, that makes us friends.

If we flinch from the same hands, that makes us friends

If we eat breakfast before ten, that makes us friends.

If we agree on the same lies, that makes us countrymen.

This poem appeared in Bad Diaspora Poems by Momtaza Mehri, published by Jonathan Cape, 2023.

10.09.2026

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