A mosquito
plays violin
beside my left now
my right ear
as if he were a virtuoso
player.
An insect Paganini!
An enormous bumblebee
in a stripped Rugby jersey
sticks out of a flower
(a bum in a scrum) .
A butterfly walks all over
the words I have just scribbled
tasting them with her feet
& suitably unimpressed
flutters yellowy off!
A ladybird crawls all over
the landscape of my knee
before she too takes to the air
with a gentle whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! !
Leaving me here alone
this lonely summer evening.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
I absolutely LOVE the line, 'an insect Pagganinni! ' My favorite! !