Metranil Vavin
eshleman's metro vavin
a woman in the subway
A woman whose hands are praying.
She is low like me, low in light, low
in memory. What do her hands hold?
Dirt, dirt of God, dirt of radish,
red radishes,
black apples,
there is a fruit
she prays for,
I give her something.
I give her mouth
and I give her my crying.
Always a woman whose hands
brown and cracked
hold my mother's furnace,
my father's pewter.
Metro, it is time for enema!
Metro ... my mother who is blind
is looking for her little boy.
She is low like me, low in light, low
in memory. What do her hands hold?
Dirt, dirt of God, dirt of radish,
red radishes,
black apples,
there is a fruit
she prays for,
I give her something.
I give her mouth
and I give her my crying.
Always a woman whose hands
brown and cracked
hold my mother's furnace,
my father's pewter.
Metro, it is time for enema!
Metro ... my mother who is blind
is looking for her little boy.
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
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