Mandatory High School/Class of 1973

David Avidan

1978

A young man graduates and heads off to get damaged

He’s got nothing urgent for now and though they push him around he manages

He has no water in his knees

He has no plaster in his joints

He’ll be among the ones who beat and get beaten at a point

A young man graduates and heads off to get injured

He’s got no sound in his ears and not yet burst…

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David Avidan

1934–1995

Poet, essayist, film writer, and peace activist, David Avidan was born in Ramat-Gan and was raised at Kibbutz Geva. In the 1950s and 1960s, he was an editor and columnist for the newspaper Yediot Aḥaronot. He wrote thirty collections of poetry and the scripts for four films; his Berazim ‘arufe sefatayim (Lipless Faucets; 2001) quickly became a classic of Hebrew poetry. In 1994, Avidan was awarded the Bialik Prize.

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