Poetry

Tonight we are sad

on est triste ce soir
le silence circule de maison en maison
les lampes forment des fruits
que l’on pourrait cueillir
une silhouette reste agenouillée
pendant des heures
face au feu de la cheminée
on dirait qu’elle pleure
toute la nuit durant
puis à l’aube
un nuage essuie sa peau
sur le flanc d’une colline
tandis que lentement
un animal meurt

tonight we are sad
while silence goes from house to house
lamps look like fruits
that could be picked up
a figure kneeling down
has been there for hours now
right by the fireplace
and looks like it might be crying
for the whole night long
yet at dawn
a cloud wipes off its skin
against the side of a hill
while slowly there is
an animal dying

Originally published in White Wall Review 40 (2016)

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