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Poem

Shimon Adaf

SOMEONE WRITES ABOUT ANOTHER

I have nothing whole
of my own.

Even my parents
in a way silence something
in small vortices of air
under bladestrokes
of suns rising to shine.

And between us there is nothing but
a great cycle of blood and stars
that traps us without end
in its turning, like a
blender.

מישהו כותב על אחר

מישהו כותב על אחר

אֵין לִי דָּבָר שָׁלֵם
מִשֶּׁל עַצְמִי.

אֲפִילוּ הַהוֹרִים שֶׁלִּי
שׁוֹתְקִים מַשֶּׁהוּ
בְּמַעַרְבּוֹלוֹת אֲוִיר קְטַנּוֹת,
תַּחַת אִבְחוֹת לְהָבִים שֶׁל
שְׁמָשׁוֹת קָמוֹת לִזְרֹחַ.

וְאֵין בֵּינֵינוּ דָּבָר מִלְּבַד
מַחֲזוֹר גָּדוֹל שֶׁל דָּם וְכוֹכָבִים
הַלּוֹכֵד אוֹתָנוּ לְלֹא
הֶרֶף בְּסִבּוּבוֹ, כְּמוֹ
מַמְחֶה.
 
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SOMEONE WRITES ABOUT ANOTHER

I have nothing whole
of my own.

Even my parents
in a way silence something
in small vortices of air
under bladestrokes
of suns rising to shine.

And between us there is nothing but
a great cycle of blood and stars
that traps us without end
in its turning, like a
blender.

SOMEONE WRITES ABOUT ANOTHER

I have nothing whole
of my own.

Even my parents
in a way silence something
in small vortices of air
under bladestrokes
of suns rising to shine.

And between us there is nothing but
a great cycle of blood and stars
that traps us without end
in its turning, like a
blender.
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