Iman Mersal Poems

He sleeps in the next room, a wall between us.
I do not mean any symbols by this,
only there is a wall between us.
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I should have become a doctor
so that I could track the ECG
with my own eyes,
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One day I will pass in front of the house
that was mine for years
and try not to measure how far it is from my friends' homes.
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So that I could buy translated poems
this deep sleeper convinced me
that his wedding band irritates his finger.
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You order beer by phone
with the confidence of a woman who knows three languages
and who weaves words into unexpected contexts.
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Facing bright storefronts
flourishing with panties
I cannot stop myself
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I will receive your death
as the last wrong you committed against me.
I will not feel relief as you'd hoped.
And I will firmly believe
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We will go together
to the amusement park.
You will see yourself taller than your father's date palm
and I will stand beside you twisted and dwarfed.
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My dead mother visits me
frequently in dreams.
Sometimes she cleans my nose
of schoolyard dust.
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Many times
the doctor enters our house and says:
You called too late.
Because of this
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