Victor (Gyozo) Hatar
Weeds
the weeds the weeds the weeds each bleeding weed
endowed indeed with devastating greedun-cullable un-killable – a pain!
eradicate them but they grow againyou mow them hoe them show them who is boss
but they just grow and do not give a tossthey plan their moves with great intelligence
between the flagstones downpipes and the fencethe window box is no more weedage-proof
than chimney pots or tiles upon the roofbarbed-wire thorns and nettles lead the chase
– the troops of an imperialist racemangrove forests and man-trap swamps of gleet
appear beneath your unsuspecting feetas noisome bristles of the thistle rise
like poisoned darts before your very eyesyou try to treat them chemically to beat them
or meet them head on but you can’t defeat themluxuriant and oozing deadly bane
these un-sown creepers drive you quite insaneforever young unbroken like a child
they rule the Earth and turn the garden wildand you? a spent discarded broken reed
beneath the weight of wagon-loads of weed[PZ]
Translated by Peter Zollman
Page(s) 162-163
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