Poem
Michèle Métail
Maze – you are here (5)
according to the line of a parcellingaxe around which to the east the west
only there, as if coming and going
without rotation, this same move
beating of the pendulum
swinging to limits, ignoring
the center in the persistant
congestion of fused pipes
crane’s lever to reconstruct
steel, foundations of utopia
rising to surface, wily vestiges
dug from excavations, rubble
© Translation: 2000, Michèle Métail
From: Toponyme : Berlin. Dédale - cadastre - jumelage - panorama
Publisher: Tarabuste, , 2002
From: Toponyme : Berlin. Dédale - cadastre - jumelage - panorama
Publisher: Tarabuste, , 2002
Dédale – vous êtes ici (5)
Dédale – vous êtes ici (5)
selon la ligne d’un morcellementl’axe autour duquel à l’est l’ouest
seulement là, comme si va et vient
sans rotation, le mouvement même
battement du pendule oscillant
aux extrêmes, à ignorer le centre
dans l’encombrement persistant
des canalisations agglutinées
levier des grues à reconstruire
acier, les fondations de l’utopie
qui affleurent, vestiges retors
exhumés des fouilles, décombres
© 2000, Michèle Métail
From: Toponyme : Berlin. Dédale - cadastre - jumelage - panorama
Publisher: Tarabuste,
From: Toponyme : Berlin. Dédale - cadastre - jumelage - panorama
Publisher: Tarabuste,
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Maze – you are here (5)
according to the line of a parcellingaxe around which to the east the west
only there, as if coming and going
without rotation, this same move
beating of the pendulum
swinging to limits, ignoring
the center in the persistant
congestion of fused pipes
crane’s lever to reconstruct
steel, foundations of utopia
rising to surface, wily vestiges
dug from excavations, rubble
© 2000, Michèle Métail
From: Toponyme : Berlin. Dédale - cadastre - jumelage - panorama
Publisher: 2002, Tarabuste,
From: Toponyme : Berlin. Dédale - cadastre - jumelage - panorama
Publisher: 2002, Tarabuste,
Maze – you are here (5)
according to the line of a parcellingaxe around which to the east the west
only there, as if coming and going
without rotation, this same move
beating of the pendulum
swinging to limits, ignoring
the center in the persistant
congestion of fused pipes
crane’s lever to reconstruct
steel, foundations of utopia
rising to surface, wily vestiges
dug from excavations, rubble
© 2000, Michèle Métail
From: Toponyme : Berlin. Dédale - cadastre - jumelage - panorama
Publisher: 2002, Tarabuste,
From: Toponyme : Berlin. Dédale - cadastre - jumelage - panorama
Publisher: 2002, Tarabuste,
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