αγάπη mou / it’s in the news again / another travel feature / last divided city / Ledra cuts arterial to the Green Line / the dead zone of your nervous system / call to prayer / you tried the meditation app / open the borders you can’t pass through / at Ledra Palace / you turned away / red flag blue flag give me a white flag / you barely sleep / another frappe / backstreets / first time you were scared in this place / what happened to the Armenian fabric shops you visited / your mother / jacaranda scent / peace talks / unrecognised state / take off your sunglasses/ put them where I can see them / murder mile / carry coloniser and colonised / how you remember it / you can’t put it down / the boutique hotel says it’s a place for dreamers / let them see me awake / exile within exile / the jasmine you planted won’t root here / checkpoint guards are children / regret not asking your grandfather about his pain / his city’s pain / was this his city too? / inside the Venetian walls all bets are off / who they won’t sell this place to / don’t go back / the other side / pin your location / poda poji / another sandbag / most days you can’t get out of the shower / sushi bar in the marina is so hot right now / what does the buffer zone keep you from / paywall belonging paywall / this thirst that’s what’s timeless / where does this border stop / hand over my ID to make a point / again αγάπη where will you cross over to?

αγάπη mou means my love in Greek

poda poji means here there in Cypriot dialect