Frayed Light by Yonatan Berg

Author:Yonatan Berg
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 2019-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

TO MY MOTHER

You ask with your eyes

where autumn and savagery come from.

You hand me a clean handkerchief,

ripe figs. I have been moving away

for years, finding you before bedtime

tucking the blanket around me, singing

of angels who watch over children.

How can I explain to you the animal

that growls within, the same rose

pinned to every hour, staining the light

red, sinning in thought, me

sitting by the tree, sketching

its movements, the olive releasing

stars one by one, the movement

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