One Nation Taken Out Of Another. Zackary Sholem Berger

אַ פֿלי טאָן

      מיט די נפֿשות װאָס ער האָט געמאַכט

      האָט ער געקאָרמעט אַ זאַטע מדינה

      מיט אַן אומהערזאַמער שפּראַך

      From the word Go, I went.

      It was a double go. Go - if you want.

      You should go? I should stop you?

      You should have stopped me. I should

      have gone somewhere else. Did I know?

      I should have stayed? Go, you said

      with the pronoun. Not “You go”, but

      “Go you.” Translate yourself somewhere.

      It had to do with my translation.

      It wasn’t even the first Go I heeded.

      It was a copied declaration, a mimeographed

      suggestion, a Hebrew word tied to the tail

      of a shampooed Manhattan poodle.

      ויהי ביום השלישי