RÉKA
NYITRAI x2
Earrings
I am peeling potatoes.
A man watches me through a gap in the clouds
He is an astronaut eager to make contact and flirt.
But, he doesn't say a thing.
Annoyed by his silence
I throw a potato at him.
He laughs
while two red Trabant cars
fall from his hair.

either Jessica or Jane

today something extraordinary
is to happen—
the postman will bring me either a baby or a cake
if he brings me cake, it has to be a Sachertorte
if he brings me a baby, I will call him Adam
just like in the movie
the postman rings twice
I open the door, giggle and pretend to be
surprised
all these details are clear to me
what I am unsure about is my postal address
and my name
I can’t remember my name!
It might be either Jessica or Jane
Réka Nyitrai is a spell, a sparrow, a lioness's tongue — a bird nest in a pool of dusk. She is a Hungarian-Romanian poet, the recipient of a Touchstone Distinguished Books Award for 2020 for her debut haiku volume While Dreaming Your Dreams (Valencia Spain: Mono Ya Mono Books, 2020). She is the coauthor of Barking of the coming rain a haibun collection published by Alba Publishing. Her full length collection will be out with Broken Sleep Books in September 2024.