disparate sides and make transitions smooth, here becomes the opposite. The sight is a reminder of Celan's suicide (he jumped off a bridge to his death in the Seine), triggering an identity crisis, and finally, a rupture.[by C.K. Williams]
Jew on Bridge
Raskolnikov hasn't slept. For days. In his brain, something like white.
from Forward: The Arty Semite: National Poetry Month: 'Jew on Bridge' by C.K. Williams
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