Moldovan Hotel by Leah Horlick

Author:Leah Horlick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Poetry
Publisher: Brick Books
Published: 2021-03-19T16:05:28+00:00

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At first, like a head cold — then, three glasses of wine — no, five. Hour twelve, a low-grade fever. Hour fourteen, your whole body is on fire —

each joint snaps open, heat coiled inside your knees. A reaction to the measles booster, days before the trip. Fades like a hangover, then rears

its host of heads again. We choose not

to go to Chișinău — We have no business

being here anymore. Reroute to Iași. It’s the heat,

driving stick, a last hiss,

writing to the chief rabbi

I’m sorry we’re not going to make it —

the GPS, the roads, Russian, the car

which really means

I’m sorry we are afraid

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