A woman stands at five in the morning...

Asaf Asulin is a music video director / film maker / poet, known locally in Israel, and soon Asaf's second book will be published (in Hebrew). The first poem in the book is inspired by Eternal Sunshine (and possibly Synecdoche, New York).

Here's Asaf's translation - enjoy:

A woman stands at five in the morning / Asaf Asulin

In a main street with a bag
A woman stands at five in the morning.
Previously, you kissed her
Now you're driving home.

She's not interested in your sad images.
But, too late -
She already is
A woman.  A bag. A  main street

Wait till she gets far away,
With the rest of the people in the world,
She will live in the prison head of yours
And keep on waiting there for many years.

Her thoughts will be your thoughts
And she will be lonelier than could be imagined.
The bag won't lose its color to the sun
(Nor, will be out of the fashion)
And her face will never change.
She will have no purpose,
 but you.

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