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July 22
I dropped you off at your mosque just after sunset, in the moment where the light still lingers. While you went inside to pray, I sat in the dusty parking lot beside a crumbly brick wall, watching traffic glide by. With the engine off I could hear bugs singing drunkenly in the trees above me. I got a few curious (though not unkind) glances, but it was a peaceful moment, and you weren’t gone long.