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My Friend
By Jacob Glatstein
Translated from the Yiddish by Peter Manseau
My friend lives a satisfied life.
He has a wife who loves him,
three blond children,
a winter house, a summer home,
money tucked away for times of need,
and ready aphorisms about the certainty
of easy living for decades to come.
And I am devoured by jealousy day in, day out.
My only certainty...


