Amid Breathtaking Bougainvilleas
Mikhail Grobman
2000
Amid breathtaking bougainvilleas
I while away my time
One floor up Emilia’s
Flimsy lingerie is hanging on a line
Tiny hummingbirds hover
Around a wistful rose
A mouse caught in a saucer
Watch where you poke your nose!
Dogs bark, wolves howl
Through the subtropics runs the fox
Poetry on the bottom shelf
And sausage in Murka’s box
In Tel Aviv…
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