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HIGHWAY EXIT SIGNS IN TEL AVIV
On this road we go
from the proper procedure
to peace to the ingathering
of exiles
as if some
word engineer
had known it was
the only road
to go.
union of
kind
some
for
hoping
under me people fly in their cars dividing their lives between work and home and I stay in one place, connecting
city
the
in
gap
the
through
drive
we
AYALON
Turn left into the city, into
the military compound,
into the low buildings that seem
nothing like a metropolis. Turn
right toward the suburbs
both are the ways of peace
THE BRIDGE
We have been apart so long my dear —
I can see you on the other side, and maybe
you are waving, wanting to get across
to me, but I think you may be signaling
that I should get away, leave you, make
the gap larger, an unbreachable void.
Published: Dec 8, 2014
Latest Revision: Dec 8, 2014
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THE BRIDGE
“We have been apart so long
my dear-
I can see you on the other
side, and maybe
you are waving, wanting to
get across
to me, but I think you may
be signaling
that I should get away,
leave you, make
the gap larger, an
unbreachable void.”
Beautiful short poetry
book.
Words that you can see and
feel.
“Under me people fly in
their cars driving their lives between
Work and home and I stay in
one place…”
I love the pictures that I
see when I read those meaningful lines.
Karen Alkalay-Gut,
we can’t wait to read more of your amazing poems.