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CRONE

CRONE
I wake in a city.
Bodies cover the snowy streets.
The left-over

halves of people bend
their heads against dead chests.

An infection rages in my eyes.
I rest in complete dark.

My dead sister
sits at my bedside pushing

my hair from my face,
wiping my forehead with a dead
cloth.

I am a tree. I am a crone.
I stare into the flaming fire.

I stand in a basement
filled with brown water.

I meet my sister at a carnival.
We hold hands and run into the crowd.

I'm standing in a glass ball
filled with fog.

I turn and turn and turn.

///

VELHA BRUXA

Acordo numa cidade.
Corpos cobrem as ruas cheias de neve.
As metades

desenterradas das pessoas têm suas cabeças mortas
caídas contra o peito.

Uma infecção grassa nos meus olhos.
Estou completamente às escuras.

A minha irmã morta
sentada a meu lado na cama tira-me

o cabelo da cara,
e limpa-me a testa com um pano
morto.

Sou uma árvore. Sou uma velha bruxa.
Olho para o fogo flamejante.

Estou num porão
cheio de água suja.

Encontro a minha irmã num Carnaval.
Damos as mãos e corremos para a multidão.

Estou em pé numa bola de vidro
cheia de nevoeiro.

Rodopio e rodopio e rodopio.

by Polly BUCKINGHAM, in "The Far Field" blog, Ocober 2013

(Portuguese translated by Armando TABORDA, 2017)
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 Nouchetdu38
Nouchetdu38 club
JOLI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
6 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Nouchetdu38 club
MERCI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
6 years ago.
 Erika Akire
Erika Akire club
...perfect combination...
6 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Erika Akire club
Thanks much, Erika!
6 years ago.
 Ulrich John
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Great work and perfect fitting words !
6 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Ulrich John club
Thanks twice, Ulrich!
6 years ago.
 cammino
cammino club
A sad poem combined with a mystical photo!
6 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to cammino club
It's a poem about mystery and the unknown beings we are!
6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, goandgo!
6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Je te remercie le fave, Christine!
6 years ago.

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