ALREADY
Children have the need to cry a little.
And the easiest way to cry
is when you think of death.
Being still immortal,
children don’t know her.
They seem to see her in the shade above the chimney.
They seem to hear her in the creaking of the door….
“And those visions will multiply”
the Prophet hisses.
“Before humankind is gone,
the living will exceed the dead.”
That is the sign.
The horsemen are Durer’s fabrication.
I keep trying to walk proudly.
I stride and stumble at cast glances.
However, I already think of life
the way children think of death.
Translated into English by Valentin Krustev
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