Conditionals by Momtaza Mehri
Conditionals
Momtaza MehriIf 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 friendsIf we eat breakfast before ten, that makes us friends.
If we agree on the same lies, that makes us countrymen.
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This poem appeared in Bad Diaspora Poems by Momtaza Mehri, published by Jonathan Cape, 2023. (Available on: Amazon • Bookshop)
ABOUT MOMTAZA MEHRI
Momtaza Mehri is a former young people’s poet laureate for London and poet-in-residence at Homerton College, University of Cambridge. Her debut, Bad Diaspora Poems (Jonathan Cape), was published in 2023.
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