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Anat Zecharia
EVERYTHING\'S FINE
They ask: whathave 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.”
© Translation: 2010, Lisa Katz
EVERYTHING\'S FINE
© 2008, Anat Zecharya
From: Yafa Ahat Kodem
Publisher: Helicon, Tel Aviv
From: Yafa Ahat Kodem
Publisher: Helicon, Tel Aviv
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EVERYTHING\'S FINE
From: Yafa Ahat Kodem
EVERYTHING\'S FINE
They ask: whathave 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.”
© 2010, Lisa Katz
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