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Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

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“In case you didn’t know I too went home after the ceremony And replayed the silent pauses of our failed encounter. I thought of a new clever thing I wish I said And you’ll never know it and I won’t know yours. In case you didn’t know I imagine weddings within the first hour of meeting you I felt your peek, but pretended not to look your way I looked you up online and now don’t know where to start That you whispered in my ear and I’ll masturbate To the once hot air on my neck. In case you didn’t know When I turned the corner, I cried. I thought I heard you, too. Maybe both our loved ones Share the same hospital. In case you didn’t know I wore bright colors and made the afternoon men laugh, But tonight I’ll drink to darkness because I have no one. They pay me well, but I only want that other thing— Your poetry, in case I didn’t know.”

“And of course he was right, but there was still something in the idea that appealed to me, of cutting apart my body piece by piece, my skin and my brain and my lips and my tongue, giving it all away until there was nothing left in me for anyone to object to. Until I was just a pathetic collection of fingernails and veins, and everyone would feel guilty for their roles in tearing me to scraps.”

“لا تقترب ف أنا لست ذلك البريق الذي تبحث عنه أنا مخادعه كالقمر يا عزيزي؛ أُبهر الناس بمظهري المضيء وأنا في الواقع معتمه ما أنا إلا مجرد بقايا حطام كالسُدم.. رماد تأخده رياح اليأس أينما تشاء فقد سقطت في فجوة زمنية ف أبتلعني الماضي، وأصبت بفوبيا الفراق أنا لستُ نجمة كما تظن بل ثقبًا أسود يجذبك بغموضه ومن ثم تبتلعك سوداويته لن تصل إلى في نهايه المطاف بل وستفقد روحك في دربي..”