Iman Mersal Biography

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.
...

I should have become a doctor
so that I could track the ECG
with my own eyes,
...

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.
...

So that I could buy translated poems
this deep sleeper convinced me
that his wedding band irritates his finger.
...

You order beer by phone
with the confidence of a woman who knows three languages
and who weaves words into unexpected contexts.
...