Mishka Mojabber Mourani Biography

And she who waits in vain for the return of an emigrant son
And she who goes abroad taking her city with her;
And she who lays her head on the steering wheel caught in the tentacles of a Beirut
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She talks to her in English,
She reads to her in French,
She prays for her in Arabic,
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She stands at the window looking out at the storm brewing at sea.
She turns around suddenly.
She sweeps everything off the table: the box of pictures, the letters,
the two empty goblets of wine.
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He crossed the line
When his helplessness became impossible
When the impossible became an option
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In the company of women,
Mothers and sisters all,
I learned to work a hook
To knit the past with no. 4 needles
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