More poetry from Malta
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Sergio Grech
Translated by Maria Grech Ganado
Onepoem
I wish I could have written
one poem
throughout my life:
the interweaving of my years
through your heart
DRAWER
Snug as a sultan
In your heart’s drawer
Afraid
One day my turn will come
And you’ll discard me.
MY SINS
My sins are foolish
as though
greedy mice
probing for
trapped cheese.
LOOSEN YOUR HAIR
Loosen your hair
fold up your soul
feast within my corridors.
I will be your ferry
between atoms of contentment
and the drops of despair.
UNREST
Yesterday
I parted
The pleasure of her breasts
Today I woke
Biting
A rancid sofa.
