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Zywa Jun 18
Your husband: rotate

him and look at him closely --


See what he's hiding.
Poetic fictional essay "The beauty of the husband" (2001, Anne Carson), Tango IV

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 0s"
Zywa Jun 17
My teacher hits me:

remember, blows, time and time --


poor people get hit.
Novel "Victory City" [Vijayanagar >> Bisnaga] (2023, Salman Rushdie), part 3: Glory, chapter 14

Collection "Low gear"
Zywa Jun 17
In the beautiful

merging of lovers, love turns --


out to be self-love.
Novel "Victory City" [Vijayanagar >> Bisnaga] (2023, Salman Rushdie), part 3: Glory, chapter 15

Collection "Low gear"
Zywa Jun 16
In his dream he gropes

for her and the night also --


seeks her hiding-place.
Poetic fictional essay "The beauty of the husband" (2001, Anne Carson), Tango XIII
Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 0s"
Zywa Jun 16
Isn't this thought of mine

a line of verse, suddenly --


revealing something?
Poetic fictional essay "The beauty of the husband" (2001, Anne Carson), Tango XXII **** ludens

Collections "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 0s" and "A profession"
Zywa Jun 15
What people work on,

but also what they forget --


determines future.
Novel "Victory City" [Vijayanagar >> Bisnaga] (2023, Salman Rushdie), part 2: Exile, chapter 11

Collection "Low gear"
Zywa Jun 15
The pamphlets are blank,

that is their message, surely --


it's commonly known.
Novel "Victory City" [Vijayanagar >> Bisnaga] (2023, Salman Rushdie), part 2: Exile, chapter 11

Collection "Low gear"
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