Zipporah Mulisch Poems

Clutching bed sheets,
heartbeat deafening;
muffling the sounds of
the last train to Century Park -
...

You are too far,
I cannot breathe,
I cannot sleep,
I cannot feel;
...

I am coming down with the flu
legs weak, knees breaking
under the weight of my body
skin and bones, skin and bones
...

Never in my life have I wanted
to be ripped apart inside and out
by hands so gentle,
a single touch
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Restless hands and heavy eyes
define my posture and worry my mother
I beg for sleep to numb the pain
the pain of nothing, the invisible bruise //
...

I am no one, unsure of the world
you don’t exist, unsure of your mind
and I see all you see;
all the bugs on your sleeve
...