Sunday, July 21, 2013

Andrey Filipov: Lines Written under a Summer Oak

Lines Written under a Summer Oak (1965)


On the rickety table in front of me,
a hundred leaves of paper wait.
Thoughtless and white
they make me think
that the earth is flat
like them.

Suddenly a leaf flies down from
the sky - at least a hundred colors -
but I can't read it,
seated here in the cool
of this summer oak
at this disappointed table.

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