Gabrielė Labanauskaitė Poems

They will take your picture again
In this kitchy sunset
Among monolithic cliffs and mists of smog
For a pretty Japanese postcard.
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As in the Mayan calendar, the years gone by
Add up to zero
Signifying nothing more than an empty shell.
Our existence
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Yesterday I saw trout swim about
And spawn between the vocal chords
Words made from letters, weave a net
From consonants and vowels
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They drink champagne in river valleys
And bubbles rise in river valleys to the top
They turn the other cheek in river valleys
In river valleys they forget it all and stop.
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I lost my brother
He slid under the ice
I lost my brother
When he was small, he really liked
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Grass stairs mute step-echoes
For expectant ears each step is
in
au
dib
le
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City windows the eyes of sadness

Are closing with French blinds

With dying lamps
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A tear

rolls down

her cheek
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Our leaders love to act like parents
But it's been so long since they've brought home wages
Our economy is like a mother,
Usually stable and responsible,
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