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Truth or Dare 4

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Truth or Dare 4

You ask, we say something, hoping we’ll get away with it

Etgar Keret
May 24, 2022
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This month’s “Truth or Dare” begins with a broken nose and ends with an almost-haiku on tap dancing.

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Tom Simpson
May 25, 2022Liked by Etgar Keret

thanks for the reply! i'm very chuffed indeed. in fact, i feel another bad poem coming on...

MY HEART HAS TWO ROUND DOTS TO HOLD YOU

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by TOM SIMPSON

for ETGAR KERET

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three-centimetre checkout chick

on your endless journey

to nowhere

/

trapped in a kiosk with no door

a torso-sized bagel

your jailor

/

you wait for plastic passengers

to come buy the bagel

but they won't

/

their yellow heads are rotated

cruelly averted

they don't care

/

though they hide their indifference

with inked-on rictus smiles

clawing air

/

caught between stasis and motion

your life a looping train

of Lego

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