Joseph Zitt's [as if in dreams] 2024-04-18
Hi. I'm Joseph Zitt. I moved from the US to Israel in 2017. This is my newsletter about more-or-less daily life in my city in the shadow of war. You can select these links to subscribe or unsubscribe. There are more links at the bottom. You can also read this email online here. Here we go...
One of the big, slow bugs lumbers past me toward the kitchen door. Good. I can save this one.
When it's close enough to the wall, I slide a piece of printer paper underneath it and try to scoop it up. It doesn't quite work. It bounces into the air and lands on its back. It spins in circles as its legs wave wildly.
I try again. It's easier to get the paper under it. I shake the paper like a Jiffy-Pop pan until the bug is safely in the center.
I open the door to the outside. I hold the paper near one of the steps. A flick of the wrist turns it upside down. The bug lands on its feet and scurries off.
I pour water from a cup that's been sitting out all night into the sink. The splash catches a small spider that I hadn't seen until then. It slides down toward the drain. I hope that it can dry out.
Later, I come back and look. It's still there. Its legs are tangled, immobile. Another image from my youth is dashed. This itsy-bitsy spider won't ever climb up the sink again.
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L'hitraot.