3 Teemu Helle translations by Niina Pollari

By and | 11 May 2026

Helle

Dead Artists

The laundry room is dark
and located in the basement
like all the memories
we want to forget.

I open the ceiling edge window
and a draft belches
dead artists back into the spotlight.
The room is tiled floor to ceiling

like an abattoir with its chemical knives;
humiliating sweat maps in the armpits
of my t-shirt with their salt mountains,
lost search parties.



Kuolleet artistit

Pyykkitupa on pimeä
ja sijaitsee kellarissa
niin kuin kaikki muistot,
jotka halutaan piilottaa.

Avaan katonrajan ikkunan,
ilmavirta pölläyttää
kuolleet artistit valokeilaan.
Huone on kaakeloitu lattiasta kattoon

kuin teurastamo kemiallisine veitsineen;
t-paidan kainaloissa hikiset
nöyryyttävät kartat suolavuorineen,
eksyneet etsintäpartiot.

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