Mina

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Nothing pleases me the traveler on the bus says—Not the radio or the morning newspaper, nor the citadels on the hills. I want to cry / The driver says: Wait until you get to the station, then cry alone all you want / A woman says: Me too. Nothing pleases me. I guided my son to my grave, he liked it and slept there, without saying goodbye / A college student says: Nor does anything please me. I studied archaeology but didn’t find identity in stone. Am I really me? / And a soldier says: Me too. Nothing pleases me. I always besiege a ghost besieging me / The edgy driver says: Here we are almost ...more
They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom
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