A Thorough Scrubbing
by Pesach Rotem
My left hand washes my right.
My right hand washes my left.
My mother washes my mouth out with soap.
My government washes my brain.
Image: Stuart Buck is a visual artist and award-winning poet living in North Wales. His art has been featured in several journals, as well as gracing the covers of several books. His third poetry collection, Portrait of a Man on Fire, is forthcoming from Rhythm & Bones Press in November 2020. He is the art editor for Konstellation Magazine and available for commissions all year round. He can be contacted via Twitter or E-Mail
Pesach Rotem was born and raised in New York and now lives in Yodfat, Israel. His poems have been published in more than two dozen literary journals including Chiron Review, Natural Bridge, Synchronized Chaos, and Voices Israel.