"in Portugal, this same half-stopped moment, it’s almost dawn, and a woman in a wheelchair is singing..."

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 02:44:44 -0500

“in Portugal,
this same half-stopped moment,
it’s almost dawn,
and a woman in a wheelchair
is singing a fado
that puts every life in the room
on one pan of a scale,
itself on the other,
and the copper bowls balance.”

- Jane Hirshfield, Poetry, September 2012

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"in Portugal, this same half-stopped moment, it’s almost dawn, and a woman in a wheelchair is singing..."