FOREIGN WORDS

Sweet fine features
quiet movements with flowers
and water in his pool
parents who love and protect him
grandparents living on opposite ends
of the earth
language and cultural barriers
his youth does not know yet
we will see him soon and
hear strange words uttered
“dah eta lampa
ya hacho peet pajaloosta”
hello Ben I’m your babbooshka, Jana B.
he will look at me and maybe
pick some flowers.