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Tuesday, 30 August 2022

When I threw you out - Doris Kareva

When I threw you out.
Finally.

When you stood there next to your suitcase
and damned me, threatening:
Never speak of me!

Darling, sweetheart!

Really it is of Him that I never speak,
actually, of Him.

Because He is beyond words,
although all my life I have searched,
and continue to search for words for Him.

What would I have to say about you,
dear?

Why should I speak about you at all?
Who cares about you — or me?

Doris Kareva (born 1958) Estonia
Translated  by Tiina Aleman
Source: BabelMatrix

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