clean

clean

I take the
morning waterfall shiver
into sunlight.
I make the bed.
I stuff the clothes
into the basket
and wash the floor.
Until there's a place,
a possibility.

I'm clean.

over the rainbow

gdzieś ponad tęczą

przemeblowuję wspomnienia, szukam konturu światła

farba co daje tyle różnych barw, rano, południe

szukam tej spod twoich palców

a ja nie mam ulubionych
kiepski w kolorach i ślepy na zapachy

znam tylko kontury zapachów

farby w mojej palecie są coraz bardziej kanciaste

kąty oczu

kąty ust

kąt w kawiarni

spięte włosy

kąt twoich palców na ścianie

bazylia pachnie jak deszcz przyprawiony światłem

odchodzącego słońca

------

translated into English the day after

over the rainbow

I refurnish memories, searching for the contour of the light

the paint which gives so many hues, in the morning, noon

I look for the one from under your fingers

well I'm no good with colors, blind to odors

I only know the contours of the scents

the dyes in my palette are ever more angular

the angles of the eyes

the corners of the mouth

the corner table at the cafeteria

braced hair

the angle of your fingers at the wall

the basil smells like a rain flavored with the light

of a setting sun

raptor

raptor

winged face

fasting's made you sharp

senses tidied up

when you swoop without regard

to unfriendly ground

thickened blood

the life that you hunt

the smell keeps you awake

wide above the plain

by an untold spell

you soar

a falcon a hawk

sen / a dream

sen

nie śniłem o takim szczęściu
śniłem o wielkim szczęściu dla niego
dla niej
o serdecznych pocałunkach
uściskach
uśmiechach

potem śniłem o domu, w którym dach przecieka
strugi deszczu dzwoniące o wannę
i Ty zupełnie nie zakłopotana
myjesz włosy




--- [translation: July 23, 2010 -- June 16, 2011]

a dream

I never dreamed of such happiness
I dreamed of great happiness for him
for her
of cordial kisses
embraces
smiles

then I dreamed about a house with a leaky roof
sheets of rain ringing against a bath tub
and you totally unabashed
wash your hair

---

the objective

the objective

I wasn't made for this
to chase free variables
difficult to approach, gain intimacy
not by eye contact, but catching the evading transformations
they don't care if I'm persistent
and would rather surrender their evidence
to a higher virtue quotient
-- as if I was the fugitive

yet I'm negotiating the proof
that I really exist

airbender

airbender

what a wild windcatcher
reads a circle off the breeze
restless wanderer of epicycles
eccentric guy of four corners
the involving universe
hand bends a wave
a firm touch leads you through
harmonic flowers
clouds' supporters

on and on

on and on

I'll be strong
I'll paddle on to you, dear
my farthest shore