A CHILDREN\'S STORY

The letter “vav” enters between “mem” and “taf”*
Mother pulled it out
as if extracting a thin children’s book
crushed between volumes of the dictionary

“Look,” as she opens the illustrated page,
“The carp has just fallen asleep in the crib of the frying pan
The shot hero of the film has returned to act
Uncle Mark went to convalesce in the Altai Mountains
And your canary has returned to the Canary Islands”

Lately the pages have expanded to the size of the walls
(appearing on them Grandma, father, my sister)
Grandma falls asleep
Father has gone to the Altai Mountains
and my sister has returned to the Canary Islands.

סיפור ילדים

סיפור ילדים