An Anger that Extinguishes the Fire

An Anger that Extinguishes the Fire

Pieces of Literary Writings

By:  Waqas Al-Sadiq

On the eighth day of Ramadan, during the events of Nile Street and the heavy fire in the vicinity of the sit-in square, in the moment of arrival and departure of the ambulances, and amid the angry chanting of the rebels, three of the tea ladies had blown out their stoves. They arranged to prowl through all the tea ladies in the military headquarters' square in order to convince them of the need to stop their work immediately in solidarity with the revolutionaries, wounded and martyrs, who fell and they are still falling. I saw them with my own eyes moving from one tea lady to another to deliver their message. They nestled into the shoulder of the one who accepted to blow out her stove, and they immediately threatened the one who refused to throw her tea wares by force. They were not gentle and friendly at that moment; they were only angry. They panicked whenever they heard the sirens of an ambulance. The more the sound of the bullets intensified, the more they imagined horrifying things. Then, they scurried to search for a tea lady who had not blown her stove yet.