The girl stretches her legs and Poem by Els Moors

the girl stretches her legs and
points at the bird that has dared
to venture the closest to her

the bumblebee corkscrews its way through the wood

the unfathomability of the evidence
can't I simply leave the case be?
and why shoot?

supposing there are two people
who try to strangle each other and I find it exciting
to watch or I see a boy walking past me
with a book called ‘beyond poststructuralism'
is it craziness to shut up then

does what I love
stand for what I can hardly bear
can touch ever be more
than tolerance

Translation: Michele Hutchinson