from "Overseas," the opening section
of Face
before against
Translated by Sarah Riggs
To see adjoined
four
matches
. a sure gesture
– a solitary cure –
fell into place in an emptiness
. and the plenary conspiracy
– until confusion is reached –
Voice
stinging
/ so
. voice squirting
like fruit
between the fingers
. today
impaled
voice and law / also
. who marry
– ordinarily
with flames extinguished –
the heat
and the growth
Voice poisonous / rushed
. one day of per
person and less
than five articles
– all
in all
voice. wax serum
powder lance pass
/
and body tensor
/ and tension fire
. you who stoke it
sowing the rushes
just as well
. snatch my lot
(repeat) my lot
as well which strikes you
in turn with wishes
. crossed out false
– on a dance
card mottled
the other Sunday
– me so little / lodged
in your heels
. some photograph!
Family
lodging basketwork
from / the country
. decidedly
I will have seen it all
in disorder
to the perse eyes
of the gypsies
– and without the shading
and so since!
. in this calm
shared / to repeat
also. how in the evening
the steam from soup
blurs / the night
while. under my finger
an announcement. on
the glass / moans
… . in the absence of the ancestor
welcome from the mother
. from mothers
of work accomplished
under the scents
– paradigms
“Push push
retain the mask”
says the voice
thinking millstones. touches.
fevers rose-beacon
unique stroke
and you
- better than a country
. you Muscat Trellis
: dwelling and sign
from which perhaps starts
the sensitive spot
. my genuflections
that’s to say
. … for the brine
survey the time
of the first bath
rinse the basin
with plenty of water
. don’t forget
the sweet almond
oil against
. the cracks