{"id":1454,"date":"2024-10-25T12:51:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T12:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2025-06-27T11:28:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T11:28:38","slug":"letters-to-no-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/ar\/letters-to-no-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters To No-one"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230406_184946-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1457\" style=\"border-width:37px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230406_184946-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230406_184946-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230406_184946-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230406_184946-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230406_184946-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230406_184946-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-ff3c2a8b5f6654e9ee790ab5b1fe3470 wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Anyone,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-338ecf93ca5573c66dbf639e54e3f506 wp-block-paragraph\">I slept Inside the closet last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-29729f1d3e83ece1852dc28e5e91b3d2 wp-block-paragraph\">Do not ask me to elaborate, if you please.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4d07f43ce3e321fa97529ef12b28679f wp-block-paragraph\">Allow me to feel sorry for myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d90ae206bc5dadd8cd83f5973dafd920 wp-block-paragraph\">Might I ask you to feel sorry for me without any need for the beautiful mask of dignity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-f117699fe96b0773812ad24365db223e wp-block-paragraph\">My 2 small dogs were crammed by my side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-f46f3c16e82c42405c407ccaf4a176cd wp-block-paragraph\">I sang for them as loud as I could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-8e8ee149652390ff294a1412ecc7932c wp-block-paragraph\">Louder still than the hundreds of bombs hurled at us from all directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-71a7af1e89bb808a44b53f85be7612fc wp-block-paragraph\">I hid my face and their fragile trembling bodies behind the clothes I should be wearing if only I had a life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-adaddb26038cc11fb7bfcb5c3a993261 wp-block-paragraph\">Families, over one million of them, are scattered on the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-ac37850ab10741ca0800b94a10585cf5 wp-block-paragraph\">But today, I ask you, implore you, to feel sorry for ME.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-46585ed3bdd04d74b10a43782316b046 wp-block-paragraph\">The bombs have turned my chest into their home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-716ffb2c8378741e72dd1a7890f5f20c wp-block-paragraph\">I breathe them all day and all night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d3e43726e4b3626d74c8bd8b011ff6f7 wp-block-paragraph\">They slither their way into my memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4f30adb099efeebcc103a27e7585e43d wp-block-paragraph\">And what are memories but the distant sounds of a broken heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-0d12fd8b1631beeeddd505dd6526f163 wp-block-paragraph\">The silence that precedes their daily and nightly visits is frightening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1748faeb98d72c7b4f210126412c2c92 wp-block-paragraph\">Friends are fleeing the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-125bad8dc0438d93e430b7c6d8ed242f wp-block-paragraph\">For a few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9f55343d2c265bffd934f9865041010d wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps a few months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5b1f201d76405195c430691c146f22c8 wp-block-paragraph\">Or so they reassure themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-fd95c088650c9f5f75cfceed20306a45 wp-block-paragraph\">Their children can no longer stand those cold &#8211; hearted sounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-31bff8098a2cbc015b5670b836d68374 wp-block-paragraph\">Between you and me, they cannot stand it, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230408_185557-1024x649.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1460\" style=\"width:560px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230408_185557-1024x649.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230408_185557-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230408_185557-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230408_185557-1536x973.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230408_185557-2048x1297.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230408_185557-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-cb01b16793c57bae941aecd184aeb505 wp-block-paragraph\">I haven&#8217;t taken a shower in days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5d44592b286b6a29e845055287b4fddc wp-block-paragraph\">We never know when the bombs will fall on us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-7db3896484b9cdda905f58c47b9cd0a9 wp-block-paragraph\">We scream a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-f80e944cce00171d5a95ce0de75c42e4 wp-block-paragraph\">Whenever a door slams too loudly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-985afe8885abf7e4ca5e375294ff7abc wp-block-paragraph\">Or a truck&#8217;s wheel ducks down into a hole in the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-641ef0af4502e97b59c54d32f826f60e wp-block-paragraph\">I scream if the bell rings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-852ecb3cc82a994ac4f76a4e65400257 wp-block-paragraph\">At friends who send me funny reels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-146591b2f1a5a860fd2e14382ace1f0f wp-block-paragraph\">When I practice Tennis at the club next door at seven A.M. of every Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-c83854c0b54865cc026a9e60a065a5d3 wp-block-paragraph\">My coach says I should join the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-52f8aa985745489ca1e93e4c2ac99ed0 wp-block-paragraph\">It seems, I am swinging the balls a bit too violently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-387ca0555741e0b276fb96614f2f20be wp-block-paragraph\">I scream When the internet Bombards me with pictures of small bodies of children resting their tired heads on the pavements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5b0a71fd1d8fcdc94c7d87c478a05045 wp-block-paragraph\">I scream when I forget to open all the windows in the house ever so slightly, so that when the bombs and missiles are hurled at us from all directions, the windows do not shatter into a million piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-b0f7758797caccfef2caa780bfa02e7e wp-block-paragraph\">Exactly like my memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5735ddb5628142454b090217ec116a86 wp-block-paragraph\">And what are memories but the distant sound of a broken heart?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-b6079ad375309c52e60b2b1e13f93a3d wp-block-paragraph\">Sunday was the one year memorial of my father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230410_102640-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1461\" style=\"width:578px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230410_102640-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230410_102640-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230410_102640-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230410_102640-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230410_102640-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230410_102640-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-c9f972ce8f1c1f42ce8bde0d0244c49e wp-block-paragraph\">My siblings and I could not make it to the north because we did not know where we will be bombed next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-eabadb2731aeb54516da90c457d0401d wp-block-paragraph\">So we screamed at each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-21667999d7dc250c20afc4fe96decae5 wp-block-paragraph\">For no particular reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9e3939dbc3f28e073f35d3d942781bf1 wp-block-paragraph\">For all the reasons in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-20fde326e9644abfefebde6741d40cd9 wp-block-paragraph\">We are told we might stay in our homes for weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-c6bb214f6974ad93b4d5bc8d47cf59ae wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9a76095e196ae1e2ed86c33cc1395cd9 wp-block-paragraph\">I took up cleaning as my new hobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d95650c9a97652320ea88bf6697fa404 wp-block-paragraph\">I clean all day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230409_194216-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1459\" style=\"width:526px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230409_194216-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230409_194216-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230409_194216-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230409_194216-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230409_194216-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230409_194216-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4e59a39c2730d6ea41c28c65308ed9f1 wp-block-paragraph\">Another hobby I fell in love with recently is counting my money, Dear anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-39ebe70e4d7f7b8450ad32b7aa7167ff wp-block-paragraph\">Making sure I have enough to sustain me until we are able to live again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-27e76e384d93eb234fde16aa8ec37eda wp-block-paragraph\">And we send each other pictures of our heroes disguised as normal human beings, helping the displaced in whichever way they can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-ab3255e26e1cdef256ef884c1477897f wp-block-paragraph\">Saving their abandoned pets  who have been left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-8ebd8bee0a1bdd089d3b9c1136191579 wp-block-paragraph\">I scream with joy when I read about the man who wouldn&#8217;t leave his two dogs and goat in his slaughtered village, and was eventually able to bring them with him to Beirut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d4d85d1da5e40daddc4383228d27b44f wp-block-paragraph\">There is a small bag I have delicately placed by the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-ad2c0caadd1259f74c8d3f486a50397d wp-block-paragraph\">It contains all that I and my two fur babies would need, If we are asked to evacuate the building, the neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-ae5f854a81ee67aef321e6372f39dca7 wp-block-paragraph\">I sing all day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-fd1bf65a4e7fae6ebb4a99b7f3e0188a wp-block-paragraph\">And I scream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-6d3baaa656f193b8ac7fa4832a88ecfe wp-block-paragraph\">My sister insists I take a shower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4ef9094eaf84e120445ffae4db3871d1 wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;we must not let them defeat us. I will stand at the door and protect you from the hundreds of bombs swaying around us, above us, and some even from underneath us&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-id=\"1458\" src=\"https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230407_224907-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230407_224907-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230407_224907-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230407_224907-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230407_224907-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230407_224907-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230407_224907-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-fe640926cfceb2355058f07b3685ef97 wp-block-paragraph\">Friends scream at family members:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9a1604904650b2d869c807286bcedf38 wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;we must get used to this. We must try to live as normally as we can&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-0094a25cbaf56e8397beeb89b4b142b4 wp-block-paragraph\">I scream at everybody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-ad7751ab243e9ec6194a9fe01a55be92 wp-block-paragraph\">And I sing loudly when the bombs refuse to leave my chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-a170b6e403459ab065be517eb12584e4 wp-block-paragraph\">I might take a shower tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-e3c1dfa9dd9797c9722ba2e4f04ff38e wp-block-paragraph\">Friends and foes reassure us that tonight will not be as horrific as last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1ffbeeadff86548b6de244e3529d177d wp-block-paragraph\">Will let you know tomorrow what happens in the upcoming hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-0dc148a4cb692f7646ad2b98eff040a8 wp-block-paragraph\">But until then, might I ask you to feel sorry for me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d831a3825c084acd1a4bd11735db35a0 wp-block-paragraph\">Hanadi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4cf2130fcb8873f7e7bd6b386030a42a wp-block-paragraph\">October 4th 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"833\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241024_083019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1456\" style=\"width:541px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241024_083019.jpg 833w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241024_083019-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241024_083019-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fabulousbeirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241024_083019-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Anyone, I slept Inside the closet last night. Do not ask me to elaborate, if you please. Allow me to feel sorry for myself. Might I ask you to feel sorry for me without any need for the beautiful mask of dignity? My 2 small dogs were crammed by my side. 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