Poem
Julian Talamantez Brolaski
ON NOT BEING ABLE TO PERCEIVE ANGELS
OP HET ONVERMOGEN ENGELEN TE ZIEN
in de schemer, ei ziestond ik voor de schemer
zonder zelfs maar een maan
de truc op te krikken
het spreekwoordelijke aantal engelen
dat paste op een speldenkop
ten overstaan van wie, en in welk habijt
ik spreek—hou me tegen vlak
voor het voorportaal en verscheur mijn kaartje
één keer ijzig aangesproken worden zal
geen tittel afdoen aan mijn plantaardige liefde
© Vertaling: 2014, Erik Bindervoet & Robbert-Jan Henkes
ON NOT BEING ABLE TO PERCEIVE ANGELS
in the twilight loI stood before the twilight
without even a moon
jacking up the artifice
the proverbial number of angels
that could fit on the head of a pin
before whom, and in what habit
I speak—stop me at the very
vestibule and rip up my ticket
one frosty address will not
diminish one jott my vegetable love
© 2012, Julian Talamantez Brolaski
From: Advice for Lovers
Publisher: City Lights, San Francisco
From: Advice for Lovers
Publisher: City Lights, San Francisco
Julian Talamantez Brolaski
(United States of America, 1978)
Julian Talamantez Brolaski is a two-spirit and transgender poet of mixed Mescalero and Lipan Apache, Latin@, and European heritages. Brolaski has published four poetry collections, including Of Mongrelitude (Wave Book, 2017), which was a Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. It is also the lead singer and rhythm guitarist in the country bands Juan & the Pines and the Western Skyline. Brolaski...
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ON NOT BEING ABLE TO PERCEIVE ANGELS
in the twilight loI stood before the twilight
without even a moon
jacking up the artifice
the proverbial number of angels
that could fit on the head of a pin
before whom, and in what habit
I speak—stop me at the very
vestibule and rip up my ticket
one frosty address will not
diminish one jott my vegetable love
From: Advice for Lovers
ON NOT BEING ABLE TO PERCEIVE ANGELS
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