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In the Meantime
Natan Zach
In the meantime she returns to me each time that I sleep in a dream
And I say to her welcome back, in the meantime sit
And she arranges the pillow, as is her custom
Because it is only natural that a mother arranges the pillow for her son
And that the son will be the one to arrange his mother’s pillow
And wipes away her cold sweat and smoothes her wispy hair
And holds her cold hand and says don’t be afraid
The place you are going to, you will not return from there
Empty as you returned so many times
Because the place that you are going to has no hopes
And no loss, regret and sorrow, not even a mother’s pain,
The place you are going to is not missing anything, it is a complete place.

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