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by Linda Abd Al-Baki*



Comforts



Skilled


In hanging the life


From its waist


In amputating the wings of vast distances.


Skilled


In monitoring the revelation


Mistake


After mistake


Unsheathing a sword


Putting it round the neck of memories


then Beheading it


With every known language


untill it rolls down


Along with the stamp of Comforts.





Dress of the seasons


After my heartbeats started

Red and white blood cells danced in my pulse,

Then the lovers danced.

I detached you from me

Because you ..

In fact Because i..

Bled poems,

rode the sea of my unconscious,

Combed my life,

And finally dressed in my seasons.

But after

I besieged my borders

I exited my self... Towards you.


(Translated by: Saleh Razzouk , with Philip Terman & Scott Minar)

* poet and press owner from Syria.