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05.11.2004 by xxx.dom

Submitted by LonelySoul
E-mail: xxx.dom@hotmail.com

Author: Mehmet Cetin
Translator: Suat Karantay
"Apisarasi Yalnizligi," Askkiran (2002 -- first edition 1997). Istanbul: Piya Kitapligi, pp. 39-40.

shatter—buddha of the green glance shimmering with silk
a riddle that fills itself with poison
keep silent don't speak to anyone
shred that possibility just drink your genever and think
they make loneliness begin between the legs
shred it shred the person and the khaki belly-ache
shred the night shred the sheets and follow your fate

do it just like that: just like the string from a guitar
sever yourself from yourself like the severed earthworm
swallow yourself in one gulp give your heart a reprieve
swallow your voice shred the silence and spit out your lungs

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I'M SORRY poetry

05.11.2004 by xxx.dom

Submitted by LonelySoul
E-mail: xxx.dom@hotmail.com

Author: Mehmet Cetin
Translator: Suat Karantay
"Uzgunum," Askkiran (2002 – first edition 1997). Istanbul: Piya Kitapligi, pp. 14-15.

Women with balconies full of flowers are often unhappy

For this sadness my darling I'm very sorry
to the freesia to which I could not express it
to the hydrangea before which I froze

I owe an apology I'm very sorry
to the earth upon which I've cast my shadow
to the river in which I'm but a drop
to the sun I've used to warm my brow
to water I've bent to drink

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