the snow has stopped
and turned
into snow made of paper
I should finish
writing this story
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
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