Wednesday, July 16, 2014

a bit of slack








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even if the branches wave
rustle
the evening light drowns
everything
bathes swathes soft
tranquil

we have
calm
lowered the gates of memory
shut the books

wind sweeps the rest

for a moment
we seem to belong
to the wind to the light
standing
unmoving
empty

as if here time left
a bit of slack in the rope

as if brusque there were
not a clean breakaway
but less wall


--Antoine Emaz
(my translation)