SQN - Sine Qua Non - Issue Two - Journal - Page 99
Sophia Naz
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Abrâ-Cadaver
Float
up from 2ǎlif as if
your tongue was a trapeze
catch the sonic breeze
from the tunnel of your throat
say â â â
begin on a single note
the way a mountain would
announce itself
mist lifting
a ridgeline
syllable of light
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Abra, is Spanish for open.
Alif, 昀椀rst letter of the Urdu, Arabic and Farsi alphabets, Alif is a single vertical stroke and symbolises the 昀椀rst
principle of creation
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