I know a man
who never saw villa borgese.
when the summer rolls around
beggars rub silver gel
into their hair.
every day I visit my doctor.
on a small scale, softly rubbing my thumb against
my forefinger
I'm crumbling the dust from that journey
into her baby palms.
so every day she sinks
one tiny step lower.
the doctor says:
see how the streets grow longer and longer each day?
isn't that like orthography? like economy? like swans?
a lonely myoma in the convertible
of its own light?
how come no one bribes the linen of your sheets while you sleep?
paul celan cannot walk the rope
forever dead.
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coo! coo! a laurie, was laurie ist?
big science? golden cities? golden towns!
1. ''villa borgese'' is 'Villa Borghese', in Rome - with the 'Galleria Borghese', the art gallery houses paintings, sculpture and antiquities, begun by Cardinal Scipione Borghese [17th century], the nephew of Pope Paul V.
2. The cardinal was an early patron of Bernini and an avid collector of works by Caravaggio. It is sited in Villa Borghese gardens, now a large public park (80 hectares or 197.7 acres: the 3rd largest in the city) . The ''Piazza di Siena'', located in the villa, hosted the equestrian dressage, for the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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I would like to translate this poem
Well articulated and nicely penned. Thanks for sharing Delimir.