Poem
Aryeh Sivan
INHERITANCE
My dead relatives bequeathed me many shirts.I have no doubt that I will never manage
to wear them all.
Don’t make things hard for your inheritors.
Dispose of, while you still can,
everything they won’t want:
musty manuscripts,
books accumulated on shelves laden with dust,
photos in which only you see someone you can still recognize.
© Translation: 2011, Lisa Katz
INHERITANCE
© 2002, Aryeh Sivan
From: Hashlama
Publisher: Keshev, Tel Aviv
From: Hashlama
Publisher: Keshev, Tel Aviv
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INHERITANCE
My dead relatives bequeathed me many shirts.I have no doubt that I will never manage
to wear them all.
Don’t make things hard for your inheritors.
Dispose of, while you still can,
everything they won’t want:
musty manuscripts,
books accumulated on shelves laden with dust,
photos in which only you see someone you can still recognize.
© 2011, Lisa Katz
From: Hashlama
From: Hashlama
INHERITANCE
My dead relatives bequeathed me many shirts.I have no doubt that I will never manage
to wear them all.
Don’t make things hard for your inheritors.
Dispose of, while you still can,
everything they won’t want:
musty manuscripts,
books accumulated on shelves laden with dust,
photos in which only you see someone you can still recognize.
© 2011, Lisa Katz
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