Is, Is Not by Gallagher Tess;

Author:Gallagher, Tess; [Tess Gallagher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 5743503
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
Published: 2019-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

now into old age and

a redundant death.

for Eli Tolaretxipi

THE GOLD DUST OF THE LINDEN TREES

commands a battalion of street sweepers

in Cotroceni Quarter. Car hoods,

the backs of cats, a tablecloth printed

with cherries under a cherry tree,

someone’s left shoe marooned

on the sidewalk—all gilded with ochre

pollen. Swish swish—say the brooms

to the asphalt that once was cobblestone—

the rhythm tender as the hands

of a gigantic clock measuring its day, or

wing beats of an invisible bird

made known only as broom strokes.

I walk in gold dust with Liliana

remembering our times on these

tree-sheltered Bucharest streets—once

at night coming home, a standoff

with a pack of wild dogs: “Don’t

look them in the eye!” Liliana’s warning

to prevent my challenge. Now we stroll

down the center of the street like queens,

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