Sunday, March 11, 2007

The rain returns

Mónica Nepote, trans. Becca Klaver

The rain returns
to touch the sidewalk
with the feel of a solitary woman.

The ballerina
of the walls
shudders with a limpid moan.

We the deaf
Live in lukewarm bodies.

In desolate
rebellion
we open the window.

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