Queerly fall from your lip
Queerly fall
from your lip
these words
that can hardly make sense
only the red, the green
and the orange
and the red once again
the painting wonders at them
as if at some drops of water.
When he gets home
When he gets home
he hurries not
to turn on the tv
or skim through the newspaper
he watches instead, for a few seconds,
the white wall
consuming like a stake.
Review
With much effort
a bird has learnt
to articulate its name
with much more effort
another bird has learnt
to articulate your very name
the hunters
quite angry to learn
about it
have shot them both dead.
The Sea
The ruddy sea lies idle
and like an orange that becomes ripe
it basks in the sun.
The Hills
The hills like snow melt away in the far-off town full of sorrows
the happening staggers like a man who has drunk
taken to the police station by a policeman
a bike left in the cold chatters its teeth.
As if
As if nothing
Were known
From one leaf
To another
As if nothing
took place
from one butterfly
to another
as if
the mirrors
looked at themselves
in the mirror
as if
the sun
looked
at the watch.
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