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A Letter
Translated by Seymour Levitan

Dearest
today is as sunny and acid-sweet
as a gold yellow fruit.

Gently
for fear of injuring the clear color
I would wrap it in the soft flax of my dreams
and send it to you
as a letter

But I know
that you would send it back almost at once,
noting neatly in the margin
I just don’t understand you
(but it’s always this way with you, Rachel, always)
and you’d be angry
yes actually angry
that the envelope is empty.

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