Put on your flip-flops.
The sky is broken. You’ll get hurt.
The kid doesn’t get broken
Metaphors. He’ll get hurt.
The cut will get infected. He
Will turn into a guru on fifth.
Or into a handicap.
Whichever comes first.
Meanwhile celestial angels
Are trampled on with earthly boots
Trying to pick up the pieces
Amidst the throngs of feet with their cups
To go to go to go, go on
In the square of times. The boss won’t wait.
Nor will the king of beasts
Splattered on a sky scraper
Blinding those who walk in great
Auroras, dissolving the throne
Of the king of kings about
To crash on their heads
While dangling with his last bit of strength
In silent screams and a menacing
Poker face
On a hand atop
Times Square.

And now at the MOMA: a festival
Of Buster Keaton and silent
Films.
Translated from Hebrew by Natalie Feinstein