"A D O N A I"

			A POEM BY LYDIA GIL

				ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY
				
			JORGE GUITART & SUSAN CARHART

<LYDIA GIL>

Adonai

nibbles on my ear
chews my eardrum
and spits it out

runs through my insides
getting drunk on bile
and spreading it
as he sails through my veins

and I, in my solitude
cut my skin with a pencil
thus fulfilling the heavenly covenant

and keep underneath my bed
the nails of a Messiah
who never arrives

(tr. J. Guitart & S. Carhart)

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