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1）There is a nostalgic feeling in the poem. We can see that from how the poet's father always talk about the fig tree and how fig tree remind him about his hometown. For example, from the quote:"At age six I ate a dried fig and shrugged. 
"That's not what I'm talking about! he said,
"I'm talking about a fig straight from the earth – 
gift of Allah! -- on a branch so heavy 
it touches the ground. 

2) culture pride, there is also always a proud of their Arabic culture. In the poem poet heritage this proud from his father from the stories he told her. Quote:"It was never too strong for us:

make it blacker, Papa,

3). Missing grandma. The poems also shows how the poet miss her grandmother, she think that she can connect with her from the stars in the sky and they can share memories together. Quote:

Where we live in the world

is never one place. Our hearts,

those dogged mirrors, keep flashing us

moons before we are ready for them.