HEZI LASKALI
THEORAMA
Excuse me for bringing you here tonight:
It wasn’t the place I intended.
One minute forty five.
We’re caught in this strong light.
One minute twenty three.
We’re caught in almost complete darkness.
Fifty four seconds.
We’re caught in partial light,
Part of an arm lit up, an ear illuminated.
Thirty four seconds.
Someone is running
in complete blackout, his footsteps
heard by the illuminated ear.
He circles us and disappears.
A spotlight tries to follow him
but he’s too fast.
I had to warn you. I had to.
One minute fifty nine,
almost two.
Translated from the Hebrew by
KAREN ALKALAY-GUT