Steel Wool-Mitchell Grabois
I am as tough as steel wool
I swim into the loch
The gates close behind me
I do the dead girl float
My lungs are as big as accordions
but then I must come back to life
Next to me is a Panamanian freighter—
we are two bodies afloat
We scrutinize each other
Now here is my poem translated into Portuguese:
Here is my poem translated into Burmese (or the ancient Myanmar):
Here is my poem translated into the Universal Language:
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Mitch Grabois was born in the Bronx and now lives in Denver. His short fiction, poetry and vignettes appear (or will appear) in over one-hundred literary magazines, most recently The T.J. Eckleberg Review, The Examined Life, Memoir Journal, Out of Our and The Blue Hour. His novel, Two-Headed Dog, published by Xavier Vargas E-ditions, is available for all e-readers for 99 cents through Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Smashwords (which also provides downloads to PC’s).