Fatima Farhad Fatima Farhad teaches IBDP English language-and-literature at a school in Islamabad. She is currently studying the rhythms of urban life as part of her postgrad research work. ISSUE THREE – AUTUMN 2024 PoetryThe day he almost attended a banned books event because I asked him to Orange poppies on a kurta set strewed on the clotheslinehurt my eyes like a lone lamppost on a dark street.