for Hersh and “the six”
i don’t know how to feel this,
she says
salt water raising rivulets under the skin of her cheeks
like everything else, her
tears turned inside out
she says
salt water raising rivulets under the skin of her cheeks
like everything else, her
tears turned inside out
the balance between hesed and
gevurah
overcome, rotated, the
weighted pole
dropped
months ago
february or march or
maybe it was october again
gevurah
overcome, rotated, the
weighted pole
dropped
months ago
february or march or
maybe it was october again
how can she not remember
if she heard it fall?
i needed to learn a new word
to think about this
funambulist
from the latin for rope
from the latin for walk
to think about this
funambulist
from the latin for rope
from the latin for walk
limbs and tangled hair and soft center
walking ropy curls around herself in a fog
trying to separate the water droplets from the air
certain if she could just breathe
she might also be able to
cry
walking ropy curls around herself in a fog
trying to separate the water droplets from the air
certain if she could just breathe
she might also be able to
cry
