Story from Another Inquisition<\/p>\n
Deborah wasn’t a Jew, and then
\nshe is: one day, the salt from lox\u2014so
\nflushed, so red\u2014no longer
\ncloys, but harkens to a parted sea,<\/p>\n
a mat of smoke and ocean
\non the tongue. Or maybe
\na relative in Argentina picks up
\nthe phone, calls Deborah, speaks<\/p>\n
the Barchu slowly, the Hebrew filling
\nher ears, unlocking like a door. This relative,
\na quiet old refugee Jew, speaks Spanish
\nto his mailman, but whispers<\/p>\n
“I love you” to his wife in Polish each night
\nbefore bed\u2014the candlesticks
\nkept polished in the closet, a habit
\nof secrets. Maybe Deborah’s always been good<\/p>\n
at keeping her own secrets\u2014the clarinet
\nthat makes her weep, street-corner Klezmer,
\nthe melody she knew before she came
\ninto existence. She’s always felt old, so<\/p>\n
old, older than all the graves
\nof Europe, older than Eve, who,
\nlike all Jews, had to learn the truth
\nat the site of her hungry mouth.<\/p>\n
RACHEL MENNIES
\nCimarron Review
\nFall 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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