| J'AIMERAIS CREUSER ..................MA PLACE ... |
I'D LIKE TO BURROW A ............PLACE FOR MYSELF ... |
| José-Flore Tappy | trans. Patrick Williamson |
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J'aimerais creuser ma place à l'ombre fraîche des mots m'y tenir lovée tanière pour mes peurs vagabondes Mais partout le silence son coup de fusil cris murés dans la brique |
I'd like to burrow a place for myself in the fresh shade of words to coil myself up there a den for my restless fears But everywhere the silence its gunshot cries walled up in the brick |
Copyright © José-Flore Tappy 1999; trans. copyright © Patrick Williamson 1999 - publ. "The Chariton Review"