Apr 2021
We smile and nod
written March 30th, 2021
I bring you the book
the one I have read
every day of my life
you translate it into Aramaic
then back into English
and say it is very nice.
_____
I cook for you
the food that sustains me
and offer to share it with you
you discard the food
and eat the bowl
you seem to enjoy it?
_____
I take you out
for a walk in the yard
that is my life
you stare the whole time
at the grave I am trying
to walk away from.
______
I offer to you
in my cupped hands
the flame that is my love
you put the fire out
and say thank goodness
that crisis has been averted.
______
We sit beside each other
and smile and nod
trying to decide
if this is enough.
written March 30th, 2021
I bring you the book
the one I have read
every day of my life
you translate it into Aramaic
then back into English
and say it is very nice.
_____
I cook for you
the food that sustains me
and offer to share it with you
you discard the food
and eat the bowl
you seem to enjoy it?
_____
I take you out
for a walk in the yard
that is my life
you stare the whole time
at the grave I am trying
to walk away from.
______
I offer to you
in my cupped hands
the flame that is my love
you put the fire out
and say thank goodness
that crisis has been averted.
______
We sit beside each other
and smile and nod
trying to decide
if this is enough.
A few years ago there was a pretty funny tweet about a song that had been translated into Aramaic and then back into English. The end result was fairly formal and elegant, which was completely different from the original song, though the two versions essentially said the same thing.
