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Letter to Jerusalem

Letter to Jerusalem 546464 NLFXXX10.1177/1095796014546464New Labor ForumPoetry research-article2014 New Labor Forum 2014, Vol. 23(3) 112 –114 Copyright © The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav nlf.sagepub.com By Elana Bell DOI: 10.1177/1095796014546464 To hold the bird and not to crush her, that is the secret. Sand turned too quickly to cement and who cares if the builders lose their arms? The musk of smoldered rats on sticks that trailed their tails through tunnels underground. Trickster of light, I walk your cobbled alleys all night long and drink your salt. City of bones, I return to you with dust on my tongue. Return to your ruined temple, your spirit of revolt. Return to you, the ache at the center of the world. —Reprinted by permission of Louisiana State University Press from Eyes, Stones (2012) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png New Labor Forum SAGE

Letter to Jerusalem

Bell, Elana
New Labor Forum , Volume 23 (3): 1 – Sep 1, 2014
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546464 NLFXXX10.1177/1095796014546464New Labor ForumPoetry research-article2014 New Labor Forum 2014, Vol. 23(3) 112 –114 Copyright © The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav nlf.sagepub.com By Elana Bell DOI: 10.1177/1095796014546464 To hold the bird and not to crush her, that is the secret. Sand turned too quickly to cement and who cares if the builders lose their arms? The musk of smoldered rats on sticks that trailed their tails through tunnels underground. Trickster of light, I walk your cobbled alleys all night long and drink your salt. City of bones, I return to you with dust on my tongue. Return to your ruined temple, your spirit of revolt. Return to you, the ache at the center of the world. —Reprinted by permission of Louisiana State University Press from Eyes, Stones (2012)

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Published: Sep 1, 2014

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