Mephisto in an apartment downtown / What exists
A ghazal and a prose text for the print publication ‘Feral Tongues’, issued by ISOTOP Fellesatelier.
Also featuring texts by Ananda Serné and gentian rhosa
Translations by Miriam Myrstad
Curated, designed and edited by Alex Hamish Millar
Supported by Kulturrådet
Published 21.10.23 in Bergen
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EXTRACT FROM ‘Mephisto in an apartment downtown’:
“... From the hallway I can hear the moths
Urging each other to flock and grab onto
Terracotta red, brick laid since before I was born
A façade implemented with remote heating too
Yet it’s demonic, the way moths find their way
Into the valves, cupboards and web router too
You demonic artefact, you right there
Right beneath my brow, peering into
You stand there with red eyes and a birth mark
Pleased with a smile you let me look onto
The building is shaking a lot, you say
Our ears widen, we’re mouthing something too
This looks like my dream, where I only see you
And some sound that trembles, moving fro and to ...”