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O. Nimigean

Post Coitum

sad as if some time
– but I don’t remember when     here
you don’t remember anything you see what you see
and try to forget     but that must have been
that: sad as if sometime
I had mated with a goddess

– my flesh was stone teeth all sharp in my mouth
testicles shining like twin suns
pupils green and branchy like the crowns of cedars

I can’t remember but it is
impossible any other way.

Post-coitum

Post-coitum

trist ca şi cum cîndva
– dar nu-mi mai aduc aminte          aici
nu-ţi aduci aminte nimic vezi şi atît vezi
şi încerci să uiţi          dar asta trebuie să fi
fost: trist ca şi cum cîndva
m-aş fi împerecheat cu zeiţa

– aveam carnea de piatră dinţii toţi ageri în gură
testicule strălucind ca doi sori îngemănaţi
pupile verzi rămuroase precum coroanele cedrilor

nu-mi mai aduc aminte dar e
peste putinţă să fi fost altfel
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Post Coitum

sad as if some time
– but I don’t remember when     here
you don’t remember anything you see what you see
and try to forget     but that must have been
that: sad as if sometime
I had mated with a goddess

– my flesh was stone teeth all sharp in my mouth
testicles shining like twin suns
pupils green and branchy like the crowns of cedars

I can’t remember but it is
impossible any other way.

Post Coitum

sad as if some time
– but I don’t remember when     here
you don’t remember anything you see what you see
and try to forget     but that must have been
that: sad as if sometime
I had mated with a goddess

– my flesh was stone teeth all sharp in my mouth
testicles shining like twin suns
pupils green and branchy like the crowns of cedars

I can’t remember but it is
impossible any other way.
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