And I say to you, as your father
said to the private club member
who invited him for lunch one day
in New York City and said to him,
there are no Jews here, you know,
and your father said, there is one now.
So I say to you, our daughter, when
you put some of my ashes next to
your father in the Jewish Cemetery,
if someone says to you, only Jews
are buried here, say— that isn’t
true, as your father always knew.
Nicolette Reim is a poet, visual artist, and translator who has been published in Brushfire, Maudlin House, Mojave River Review, Pittsburgh Poetry Review, Poetic Sun, The Rail, Glint Literary Journal, Voices de la Luna, and other publications. She studied art at The New York Studio School and creates visual art pieces based on abstractions from writing and topography. Nicolette is a member of Noho M55 Gallery. She holds a Master Degree in Life Science from Columbia University and a Master Degree of Fine Arts in Poetry with a Concentration in Translation from Drew University.