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Anat Zecharia

EVERYTHING\'S FINE

They ask: what
have you been doing lately?
I answer: waving castanets in the air
from left to right, up and down,
and so my arms ache at night.
I’m looking around,
waiting, just waiting
until I have the strength
to fall down.
Meanwhile a shout takes off
while I myself in complete silence
let some silly
cooing and ahh-ing escape
from the back of my neck
nothing else
after “Everything’s fine,
thanks a lot.”

EVERYTHING\'S FINE

Anat Zecharia

Anat Zecharia

(Israël, 1974)

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EVERYTHING\'S FINE

EVERYTHING\'S FINE

They ask: what
have you been doing lately?
I answer: waving castanets in the air
from left to right, up and down,
and so my arms ache at night.
I’m looking around,
waiting, just waiting
until I have the strength
to fall down.
Meanwhile a shout takes off
while I myself in complete silence
let some silly
cooing and ahh-ing escape
from the back of my neck
nothing else
after “Everything’s fine,
thanks a lot.”
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