I was old but now I am fine
I speak the truth
the city is buried under snow I talk neither to myself nor to you
the future
as distant as possible consumes me deeply
I have children
so I don’t consider the opportunity offered by
a mental institution
in a moment of fear I found myself heartened
by your voice
some words
I’m not even sure if you ever uttered them or
if I’m just imagining it
I sit in my broken armchair and listen to the laughter coming from the kitchen
announcing the little saturnalia
then the physical exercise
we will receive credits and use them to pay the bills
and rates and buy healthy food our bellies will be full it will be warm
we will fill up the tank and drive around the apartment block always around
the apartment block
over-refined
over-adjusted
potentially immortal.
~ am fost bătrână dar acum sunt bine
spun adevărul
orașul e sub zăpadă nu mai vorbesc singură și nici cu tine
viitorul
cât mai îndepărtat mă preocupă intens
am copii
deci nu iau în calcul șansa pe care ți-o oferă un spital de boli
nervoase
într-un moment de frică m-am surprins încurajându-mă cu vocea
ta
niște vorbe
nici nu mai știu dacă le-ai spus vreodată sau doar
îmi imaginez că le-ai spus
stau în fotoliul meu rupt și ascult râsete din bucătărie
anunțând mica beție alimentară
urmează înviorarea
vom obține credite cu ele vom achita facturi
și rate și alimente sănătoase vom avea burta plină va fi cald
vom pune benzină și vom călători în jurul blocului mereu în jurul
blocului
ultrasofisticați
ultraadaptați
posibil nemuritori.
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