we are waiting,
tell us.
(Itzik Manger)
Who carries the longing carries the burden
carries the genisah of burned names
who carries the unlived life
across the bridge of paper?
From: https://www.asymptotejournal.com/poetry/lothar-quinkenstein-the-bridge-of-paper/
Date: 2017 (original in German); 2018 (translation in English)
By: Lothar Quinkenstein (1967- )
Translated by: Yanara Friedland (19??- )