Almog Behar
By Almog Behar
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Culture POEM: A Man in Darkness
Your presence in darkness: in your mother’s belly, at night as you sleep beneath the blanket, in a military guard post, in a prison hole, in the belly of the earth. In the shadows your body’s movements are hidden, but so are the movements of your enemy (you might rub your nose, he might pull…
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Culture POEM: Jerusalem Shuts Her Heart
Translated from the Hebrew by Alexandra Berger-Polsky Jerusalem shuts her heart to herself wraps herself in tall watchtowers she makes a wall between herself and the eyes of the people. Night after night after sunset she goes out in a heavy robe and checks that all her gates are closed since all her inhabitants are…
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