surviving time

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Tocmai ai facut... cati oare? 3? ani.
Multumesc, Alex. Ca m-ai ajutat sa descopar ceva care acum pare exprimarea tuturor gandurilor mele copilaresti. Cele care puteau fi exprimate. Si mai mult...

« I've often imagined gazes
surviving the act of seeing
as if they were poles,
measured distances, lances
in battle.

Then I think of a room
just abandoned
where similar traces remain
for a time, suspended and intersecting
in the balance of their design
intact and overlapping, like
pick-up-sticks. »

© Translation: 1991, Valerio Magrelli From: Nearsights (Translated by Anthony Molino)
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