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Mehrdad Arefani

Room

No one rings
and email’s full of ads
London is not London either
and this room is like any other
What difference does it make     being here    or in Evin prison
in a flat in Brussels
or in a room of the father’s house?
What are you up to?
What difference does it make?
To be in jail in Croatia
or in an airplane cabin
A room is a room, after all,
only its shape is different
The fridge is also a room, isn’t it?
The same as a box of jewellery
or a tool box
or the microwave in which you reheat your sandwich

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Room

No one rings
and email’s full of ads
London is not London either
and this room is like any other
What difference does it make     being here    or in Evin prison
in a flat in Brussels
or in a room of the father’s house?
What are you up to?
What difference does it make?
To be in jail in Croatia
or in an airplane cabin
A room is a room, after all,
only its shape is different
The fridge is also a room, isn’t it?
The same as a box of jewellery
or a tool box
or the microwave in which you reheat your sandwich

Room

No one rings
and email’s full of ads
London is not London either
and this room is like any other
What difference does it make     being here    or in Evin prison
in a flat in Brussels
or in a room of the father’s house?
What are you up to?
What difference does it make?
To be in jail in Croatia
or in an airplane cabin
A room is a room, after all,
only its shape is different
The fridge is also a room, isn’t it?
The same as a box of jewellery
or a tool box
or the microwave in which you reheat your sandwich
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