October
Son of a bitch!
Moyshe kapoyer!*
Drop dead!
An old woman talks to herself
and curses
amid the falling leaves of October.
The yellow leaves are falling, falling
from the trees –
because the old woman is cursing?
Or because they are tired?
They fall, fall, yellow
to her feet.
*One who does everything backwards.
Translated by Barnett Zumoff
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