The Ruse of the Night | Trucurile Nopţii

By | 1 May 2020

tonight sparkling quinces are moaning on the windowsill
through the skin of each star I see perennial shadows
time to harvest the wine grapes
that terrible gift of drinking must from the palms of life
as if I were or were no longer a poet
in a world of pets and ambrosia
in the funicular of death

the evening bell grazes the cathedrals
unafraid of disturbing thistles
the city centre alight with love bears fruit in genuine
trees
heavy buds burst under the feet of the living
chanting an ave maria with their secular body
in exaltation

the grapes of autumn burst against
the great chinese wall
surrounding the aura of the cantaloupe city
its millenary thirst for young poets
the old flagstones fronting deadened statues

death’s bacchic breath strikes the imaginary gates
of my body giving birth among the chestnuts
to hours of gentle words at solstice

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noaptea asta gem pe pervaz gutuile spumoase
prin carnaţia fiecarei stele zăresc umbrele perpetue
ora de cules viile
harul acela teribil de a bea must din palmele vieţii
ca şi cum ai fi sau nu ai mai fi poet
peste o lume de pet-uri şi de ambrozie
în funicularul morţii

clopotul înserării paşte printre catedrale şi
nu se sfieşte să răscolească ciulini
centrul luminat de dragoste rodeşte în pomi
adevăraţi
mugurii plini pocnesc sub paşii celor vii
care rostesc cu trupul lor laic un ave maria
pe voci înalte

strugurii toamnelor plesnesc stropind
marele zid chinezesc
ce înconjoară aura oraşului-cantalup
setea lui milenară de tineri poeţi
vechile pavele din faţa statuilor amorţite

suflul bahic al morţii izbeşte porţile imaginare
ale trupului meu ce naşte printre castane
ore de alintat vorbele la solstiţiu

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