STEVE
You dragged me with your van all the way
To meet your Catolic father (in the suburb)
Who was kind to my strawberry earrings?
In the name of Jesus' offspring
You put your signature on
My rental of twelve floors
Building
On 42 East Division.
You chose to be a sponsor for my needs
This covered all gestures
You could ever expect from godfather
You bought me a complete furniture set
From your all but empty pocket
You brought me your small TV
And a blanket
And your card to the international library
You longed to become old with me-you couldn't
Tasted a
Little and swallowed so much from
My Chaos.
You took me to the hospital in the south
Several times
To check others' sins
In my body
You bought me Diet Coke and
The Chicago Tribune
While you waited with me for the
Doctor
And a black couple sniffed cocaine
Next to us
You couldn't struggle with my unhappiness
I left you with two months rent
And a note on my door from
A lesbian neighbor I barely met
And a drawing glued to the wall of my studio
By homeless
Who painted me-at night I shared
Another skin.
I left my book of poems in the glove
Compartment of your car
And, I have gone my friend. To the same unhappiness.
However, this one is already
Recognizable
* Tali Cohen Shabtai, is a poet, born in Jerusalem, Israel. She began writing poetry at the age of six, she had been an excellent student of literature. She began her writings by publishing her impressions in the school’s newspaper. FIrst of all she published her poetry in the prestigious literary magazine of Israel Moznayim when she was fifteen years old. She has written three poetry books: Purple Diluted in a Black’s Thick, (bilingual 2007), Protest (bilingual 2012) and Nine Years Away From You (2018).
Her poems express spiritual and physical exile. She is studying her exile and freedom paradox, her cosmopolitan vision is very obvious in her writings. She lived some years in Oslo Norway and in the U.S.A. She is a very prominent as a poet with a special lyric, she doesn’t give herself easily, but subject to her own rules.
She studied at the David Yellin College of Education for a bachelor's degree. She is a member of the Hebrew Writers Association and the Israeli Writers Association in the state of Israel. In 2014, Cohen Shabtai also participated in a Norwegian documentary about poets' lives called The Last Bohemian - Den Siste Bohemien, and screened in the cinema in Scandinavia. By 2020, her fourth book of poetry will be published which will also be published in Norway. Her literary works have been translated into many languages as well.
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