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Mom’s and children’s laughter

What brings a tear of joy to your eye?

My mom’s laughter is a rare thing to be heard, so when she laughs, I listen and bask in her joy. However, when my children and I are gathered together and someone does or says something funny, they go to extreme laughter, which induces belly laughs, that are contagious and bring on tears.

Exert from, Laughter, Brightens The world, from my poetry book, Perfectly Flawed: poetry for change.

https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518

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Mom, Habibti

Mother, mother, mum, mama,

Who are you?

Are you just the giver of life?

Mom, madre, mami, mam, ma,

What would you do to protect your babe?

Legal or nefarious means?

Mother, oumi, mama, Haha, mà,

How do you love equally all your babe?

Do you prefer one over another? Why?

Mam, nanay, habibti, ema, mamma,

How do you empower all your babe?

Do you compare them and demean some?

Mami, mother, mom, love, Ema,

Love me for me! Never send me away or leave me!

Mum, mother, maman, madre, Ema,

Don’t break my heart to leave,

Don’t break my heart and hate me!