Venice masks

Saturday, 9 November 2019

The Missing Language - Zafer Şenocak

the cold days are counted up
the snow has stopped
and turned
into snow made of paper

I should finish
writing this story

but inside my head
is a snail
in its shell

it's been sleeping there all winter
and hasn't shown

maybe it's dead by now

Zafer Şenocak (born 1961) Turkey (lived in Germany since 1970)
Translated by Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright
Source: The New York Times 8 Nov 2009

No comments:

Post a Comment

Please keep your comments relevant and free from abusive language. Thank you. Note that comments are moderated so it may be a day or two before your comment is posted - irrelevant or abusive comments will not be published.