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Nadia Adina Rose

[The first blender...]

The first blender we received for the wedding
The second blender when we cleared out grandmother’s house
The third blender when my sister was killed
The fourth blender when my mother was hospitalized
The fifth blender when your mother died
 
Let’s make a milkshake
that will compete with The Milky Way.

[The first blender...]


אֶת הַבְּלֶנְדֶּר הָרִאשׁוֹן קִבַּלְנוּ לַחֲתֻנָּה
אֶת הַבְּלֶנְדֶּר הַשֵּׁנִי כְּשֶׁפִּנִּינוּ אֶת בֵּית סָבָתִי
אֶת הַבְּלֶנְדֶּר הַשְּׁלִישִׁי כְּשֶׁנֶּהֶרְגָה אֲחוֹתִי
אֶת הַבְּלֶנְדֶּר הָרְבִיעִי כְּשֶׁנִּפְטְרָה אִמְּךָ                                                              

נָכִין מִילְקְשֵׁיְיק
שֶׁיִּתְחָרֶה בִּשְׁבִיל-הֶחָלָב.
 
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[The first blender...]

The first blender we received for the wedding
The second blender when we cleared out grandmother’s house
The third blender when my sister was killed
The fourth blender when my mother was hospitalized
The fifth blender when your mother died
 
Let’s make a milkshake
that will compete with The Milky Way.

[The first blender...]

The first blender we received for the wedding
The second blender when we cleared out grandmother’s house
The third blender when my sister was killed
The fourth blender when my mother was hospitalized
The fifth blender when your mother died
 
Let’s make a milkshake
that will compete with The Milky Way.
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