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Poem

Gili Haimovich

DRENCHED

Sometimes it’s obvious that I can’t be saved.
This doesn’t mean I don’t need saving.
If possible, I’d rather not be singled out in public, please.
If I dare
to look around,
some place
will look back at me.
It will show me that everything’s drenched in longing,
that everyone has the ability to be drenched in longing.
So soaked
that soon cleavage
begins to drip.

רווּי

רווּי

לִפְעָמִים יוֹתֵר מִדַּי בָּרוּר שֶׁאֵינִי יְכוֹלָה לְהִנָּצֵל.
אֵין זֶה אוֹמֵר שֶׁאֵין צֹרֶךְ לְהַצִּילֵנִי.
רַק אִם אֶפְשָׁר, אֲנִי מַעְדִּיפָה, שֶׁלֹּא לִהְיוֹת בּוֹדֵדָה בְּפֻמְבִּי, בְּבַקָּשָׁה.
אִם אָעֵז
לְהִסְתַּכֵּל סָבִיב,
הַמָּקוֹם הוּא זֶה
שֶׁיִּתְבּוֹנֵן בִּי חֲזָרָה.
יַרְאֶה לִי אֵיךְ הַכֹּל בְּעֶצֶם כְּבָר סְפוּג גַּעְגּוּעִים,
אֵיךְ לַכֹּל יֵשׁ אֶת הַיְּכֹלֶת לִהְיוֹת סְפוּג גַּעְגּוּעִים.
כָּל כָּךְ רָווּי
תֵּכֶף יְטַפְטֵף
הַמַּחְשׂוֹף
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DRENCHED

Sometimes it’s obvious that I can’t be saved.
This doesn’t mean I don’t need saving.
If possible, I’d rather not be singled out in public, please.
If I dare
to look around,
some place
will look back at me.
It will show me that everything’s drenched in longing,
that everyone has the ability to be drenched in longing.
So soaked
that soon cleavage
begins to drip.

DRENCHED

Sometimes it’s obvious that I can’t be saved.
This doesn’t mean I don’t need saving.
If possible, I’d rather not be singled out in public, please.
If I dare
to look around,
some place
will look back at me.
It will show me that everything’s drenched in longing,
that everyone has the ability to be drenched in longing.
So soaked
that soon cleavage
begins to drip.
Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Prins Bernhard cultuurfonds
Lira fonds
Versopolis
J.E. Jurriaanse
Gefinancierd door de Europese Unie
Elise Mathilde Fonds
Stichting Verzameling van Wijngaarden-Boot
Veerhuis
VDM
Partners
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