Susan McMaster
Oggi ho messo ogni cosa sossopra
I have put flowers on the wall
thus showing the shaggy back
I moved the framework
discovered a tear
where he escaped the blade
that cuts to the canvas' around
turned the chair,
found on the back
fabric torn by cats,
overturned tables, upturned
the carpet,
opened the fence to the horses,
removed insulation panels,
dismantled the wooden partition,
extract nails,
lead pipes outside
torn cables and pipes,
devastated the prairie,
felled the trees,
discarded furniture,
uncovered the roof,
demolished the basement,
crushed the entire structure
reduced to a ball
kept hanging over your head -
shadow froze your ardor.
You looked up
while looking down -
eri così minuscolo.
Traduzione: Ada Donati
Today I turned everything around
I turned the flowers to nod to the wall
spiny backs exposed,
flipped the painting,
uncovered a tear
where the framing knife slipped,
found cloth torn by cats
on the padded back,
up-ended the tables,
reversed the rug,
split the walls
open to the studs,
pulled out insulation,
ripped up floorboards,
yanked through nails,
reached into sewer pipes,
pulled them inside out,
tore the house away
from power lines,
its web of pipes,
knocked off sod and trees,
shook out furniture,
flipped the roof,
punched out the cellar,
crushed the shell into a ball,
and held it over your head –
The shadow froze your ardor.
You Looked up
as I Looked Down -
you were so small.
0 comments:
Post a Comment