Nan Cohen

A Newborn Girl at Passover

Consider one apricot in a basket of them.

It is very much like all the other apricots--

an individual already, skin and seed.

Now think of this day. One you will probably forget.

The next breath you take, a long drink of air.

Holiday or not, it doesn't matter.

A child is born and doesn't know what day it is.

The particular joy in my heart she cannot imagine.

The taste of apricots is in store for her.

— Nan Cohen

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