(for Osip Mandelstam)
if One Real Word, dipped in silver, becoming a bird
suddenly darted out of the scenery from the austere painting
on the wall of The Great Auditorium
of The Great Museum where even now
the rank and file uber-sanctioned poets are eyeing each other
waiting to be the next batter up
would Someone In Charge or a lesser guard
get it quickly out of the way
so that mendacity might continue to hold sway:
so vastly over protected in the Age of Bronze?
mary angela douglas 18 june 2021
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem