Haviva Pedaya - THE SLAUGHTERING

Like the love of flesh for the glue of flesh
Like the hatred of night for the fluorescent lamp
Like narrow streets like tight jeans
Like a bowl of shining garbage that spills
And the buzzings of flies words gnats and stings
And the knife for beheading of heifer on the neck
When she slaughters she says I gave you everything and you are bleeding
I was left with nothing
And then the heifer takes the knife and slaughters herself
Like the love of the coin for the purse
Like the hate of the gate for the lock
Like a terrified night with its pictures in its drawers its treasuries its curtains
Like a sun seizing passwords as plunder
Now the last coffee the last cigarette the earrings the red shoes
Blunt words
Now the beers the cigars staring eyes fragments of words and passwords
And the knife accuses the heifer I gave you everything and you are bleeding
I was left with nothing
And then the heifer takes the knife and slaughters herself
And everything repeats itself everything begins again from the beginning
Like the love of the flesh for the glue of flesh like the hatred of the night for the lamp
I gave you everything you took everything
Now let’s begin from the beginning
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