Metranil Vavin
eshleman's metro vavin
thinking about love
Someone you want does not want anyone.
But I only had a woman once. I will not spell her name.
Some people took me to the whorehouse,
and for one of them the hand was enough.
For me, I could not get far enough into peace.
She was kind when I showed her my body.
Ho, black radish, I think she thought, but she was kind
and did not push back my penis. I have these thoughts all the time.
I want to return to something I cannot name.
Maybe she would like to see me again.
But this is all phoney. She just made me go inside her.
I do not like to think about love.
Love. What are you doing, Vavin,
that is not love. You are hate.
translated by metranil vavin from Russian into
French, and translated by clayton eshleman from
French into English.
the english versions are dedicated to denis kelly
French, and translated by clayton eshleman from
French into English.
the english versions are dedicated to denis kelly
Translated by Clayton Eshleman
Page(s) 182-183
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