Keter Closet

iwannagohome.

knowing i'm more likely to go on to narnia;

 i stuff myself into the keter closet,

cramp up into the aron;

 make myself holy to lie here,

like a sefer torah rolled up tight;

Pretzeled up alone in the dark,

folded onto a bottom shelf,

with six faded shells stacked in a pile;

i put them up to my ear but I don’t hear the sea;

but i listen but i don’t hear the sea.

iwannagohome

but home is a keter closet with space for me,

and six off white shells, but no room for shirts.

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Definitions:

Keter closet:  a brand that makes plastic closets. Keter translates into english as crown.

Aron: hebrew from a closet, also the holy ark where Torah scrolls are kept in synogogue.

Sefer torah: Torah Scroll

Shells: a type of undershirt also what some animals live in in the sea.

A Normal Keter Closet:

My Keter Closet:

Navigating through homesickness is part of the aliyah process. It's not bad, it's not good, it's just something to work through. I write poems and decorate my closet to deal. :)

Kol Tuv
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