It takes time for the body
to grasp what the mind has decided
so the body strokes itself
with an outline of consolation:
here the shoulder, here
the face, here the inner thighs—
This is the bottomless sigh
devoid of a consonant
to lean against.
Agi Mishol (born 1947) Israel (born Romania)
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