Poem
Aharon Shabtai
PRAYER BOOK
For years I’ve wanted to write a prayer bookWhy? Because I’ve learned
that the solid hangs upon nothingness
Because I’ve found that the sentence is a kind of petition
And because I’ve found that in all that I’ve said,
in all that I’ve said I’ve said only thank you
so, little by little,
in fact I’ve written that book
and today it weighs some two-hundred pounds
and soon it will celebrate its fiftieth birthday
and yesterday I bought it shoes.
© Translation: 2003, Peter Cole
From: J’Accuse
Publisher: New Directions, , 2003
From: J’Accuse
Publisher: New Directions, , 2003
PRAYER BOOK
© 2002, Aharon Shabtai
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PRAYER BOOK
For years I’ve wanted to write a prayer bookWhy? Because I’ve learned
that the solid hangs upon nothingness
Because I’ve found that the sentence is a kind of petition
And because I’ve found that in all that I’ve said,
in all that I’ve said I’ve said only thank you
so, little by little,
in fact I’ve written that book
and today it weighs some two-hundred pounds
and soon it will celebrate its fiftieth birthday
and yesterday I bought it shoes.
© 2003, Peter Cole
From: J’Accuse
Publisher: 2003, New Directions,
From: J’Accuse
Publisher: 2003, New Directions,
PRAYER BOOK
For years I’ve wanted to write a prayer bookWhy? Because I’ve learned
that the solid hangs upon nothingness
Because I’ve found that the sentence is a kind of petition
And because I’ve found that in all that I’ve said,
in all that I’ve said I’ve said only thank you
so, little by little,
in fact I’ve written that book
and today it weighs some two-hundred pounds
and soon it will celebrate its fiftieth birthday
and yesterday I bought it shoes.
© 2003, Peter Cole
From: J’Accuse
Publisher: 2003, New Directions,
From: J’Accuse
Publisher: 2003, New Directions,
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