Shabbos is Over
Time to come clean with you
While I didn’t put ink to paper
I used a laptop instead
freshening up an ancient sin
but black-letter sin it is
I hope you forgive me
It was about her
spontaneous like her love
My sins are many
which you know
though I never appealed to you
for those
Just this
Ink to paper
light on laptop
like skin
without which I bleed
like air
without which I gasp
No excuse I know
But it was about her
Can’t that merit forgiveness
this once
and then again
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Love it 😀
Ada Limón said that ahe writes to keep herself sane.
Some of us write because we breathe.
I think we are allowed ro breathe, even on the high holys.
“and then again”
❤️
Love “freshening up an ancient sin” and “like skin/without which I bleed/like air
Gosh I love everything about this poem. the voice, the shape, the urgency, and “But it was about her” — such a rich one, Lee.
This one choked me up and I can’t fully explain why. Nicely done