Poem For my achondroplasic child
Your mother died of cancer, my child.
She died slowy, without drama
but with great agony.
That's the answer I gave you when
you asked me why I never
finished writing my first romance.
You took your tiny
and deformed hands
to my face and touched my eyes
with love
and violence.
I stood, I went away: it was
time for your injection: growth
hormons from
men that are even more
dead
than me.
***
She died slowy, without drama
but with great agony.
That's the answer I gave you when
you asked me why I never
finished writing my first romance.
You took your tiny
and deformed hands
to my face and touched my eyes
with love
and violence.
I stood, I went away: it was
time for your injection: growth
hormons from
men that are even more
dead
than me.
***
Ibumu meninggal karena kanker, anakku.
Dia meninggal dengan lamban, tanpa drama
tapi dengan sangat sedih.
Itulah jawaban yang saya berikan saat itu
Anda bertanya mengapa saya tidak pernah
selesai menulis romansa pertamaku
Anda mengambil kecil Anda
dan tangan yang cacat
ke wajahku dan menyentuh mataku
dengan cinta
dan kekerasan.
Aku berdiri, aku pergi: itu
waktu untuk injeksi Anda: pertumbuhan
hormon dari
pria itu bahkan lebih
mati
daripada saya.