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YOUR FATHER NOW
web
is far away,
he is old & picking lilies
in an infinite field -
after each cut flower
apologizing "I didn't know,
I didn't know
this too might hurt."
No, he is not picking lilies
but poppies
& they trickle down his fingers.
© Kristin Dimitrova
© Gregory O'Donoghue, translated
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© E-magazine LiterNet, 09.04.2006, № 4 (77)
Other publications:
Kristin Dimitrova. A Visit to the Clockmaker. Cork: Southword Edition (Ireland),
2005.
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