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By the time
I see two minivans
heading opposite ways
drive over a speed bump
at the same moment
mirroring with uncanny grace
the quicksilver of each other’s rise
and fall, I have already forgotten
what this morning’s argument
was about and thought instead
of synchronized swimmers
practicing for years what
happens by chance
or through love.
Yoni Hammer-Kossoy’s poetry appears in numerous journals and anthologies, including most recently Stonecoast Review, Juniper Poetry, Sky Island Journal and River Heron Review. Originally from the US, Yoni has lived in Israel with his family for the last twenty years. When not writing he enjoys hiking, playing Ultimate Frisbee, and would love to open a kosher food truck with friends but alas, still pays the bills as a software engineer.