Hamam

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Have you ever been in a hamam?

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No.

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She came to get me,
I must have been six.

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I remember I was scared.

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I didn't want it, she laughed.

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She held me tight.

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We were alone in the hamam.
She started to bathe me.

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I felt pleasure,

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and I can still smell
the scent of the soap,

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the scent of the heat and the steam.

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Then I slept in her arms.

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She caressed my head
saying "you're my child".

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So she taught me hamam,

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she taught me to love everything,

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the tradition,

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she taught me how to wash,
how to give a massage,

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and give relief to the flesh