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New normal

  • Writer: Roie Karpo
    Roie Karpo
  • Aug 3, 2025
  • 1 min read

"New normal


To awaken daily to the dreaded words

hutar lepharsem

no six degrees of separation,

we all know some of “The Fallen”

so many beautiful boys


Shot crushed burnt exploded

gassed or wounded

(hundreds, thousands patzua kasheh)

limbs, eyes, breathing, brain

“The families have been informed”


And we smile at our grandkids

jigsaws, reading, bikes, the park

burying the terror by baking and cooking

cleaning again to blanket the shaking

sneaking the news on, on the hour

and the hour, and the next


hoping not to know the names


“hutar lepharsem”  הותר לפרסם  released for publication

“patzua kasheh”  פצוע קשה   badly injured"

 
 
 

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