In summer I answer the door wearing a hoodiebecause I'd rather look like a cold weirdothan an NESB housewife I bring Vegemite scrolls to the staff morning teaand say I don't eat chicken when I meanI don't eat machine-slaughtered chicken. I wear beanies & berets in winterand a scarf around my neck insteadI don't even look Muslim I shake men's hands. I go to the beach with my hair tied upand tucked into a baseball capand even swim in it we're all worried about skin cancer right I say hey instead of salam whenI answer the phone on the train.