A mosaic of tables
under tarped tents
littered with clothing.
Men bellow in Arabic
one-of-a-kind prices.

My Mexican origins
camouflage me
among Mediterraneans.
Arabic numbers
I know: hamsah five, talatah three.

I pick through Zara, H&M, and Bershka pleased
to be brown,
to stand elbow-to-elbow as a pseudo
Tunisian woman.

Alyssa Minaker lives in North Africa with her affectionate husband and her even more affectionate Bichon Maltese, Zizi.