Poem
Domnica Drumea
Hybrid creature
Hybrid creature
beautiful things destroy me
I am much older than you
hybrid creature always hungry
I’ve left behind a house under siege
my need to crucify myself
to touch any hand that reaches out
I beg for your mercy
though there is no mercy between us
only a phosphorescent globe shedding light
inside us
in the light of day I disintegrate
hybrid creature without heart
and without sex
I have a twin sister
she laughs my share of laughs too
beautiful things destroy me
I am much older than you
hybrid creature always hungry
I’ve left behind a house under siege
my need to crucify myself
to touch any hand that reaches out
I beg for your mercy
though there is no mercy between us
only a phosphorescent globe shedding light
inside us
in the light of day I disintegrate
hybrid creature without heart
and without sex
I have a twin sister
she laughs my share of laughs too
© Translation: 2017, Anca Bărbulescu
Hybrid creature
Creatură hibridă
lucrurile frumoase mă distrug
sunt mult mai bătrână decât tine
creatura hibridă căreia îi e mereu foame
am lăsat în urmă o casă sub asediu
nevoia mea de a mă crucifica
de a atinge orice mână întinsă
îţi cerşesc mila
deşi între noi nu există milă
doar un glob fosforescent care ne luminează
pe dinăuntru
în lumina zilei mă dezintegrez
creatură hibridă fără inimă
şi fără sex
am o soră geamănă
ea râde şi pentru mine
lucrurile frumoase mă distrug
sunt mult mai bătrână decât tine
creatura hibridă căreia îi e mereu foame
am lăsat în urmă o casă sub asediu
nevoia mea de a mă crucifica
de a atinge orice mână întinsă
îţi cerşesc mila
deşi între noi nu există milă
doar un glob fosforescent care ne luminează
pe dinăuntru
în lumina zilei mă dezintegrez
creatură hibridă fără inimă
şi fără sex
am o soră geamănă
ea râde şi pentru mine
© 2014, Domnica Drumea
From: Vocea / The Voice
Publisher: Charmides, Bistrița
From: Vocea / The Voice
Publisher: Charmides, Bistrița
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Hybrid creature
Hybrid creature
beautiful things destroy me
I am much older than you
hybrid creature always hungry
I’ve left behind a house under siege
my need to crucify myself
to touch any hand that reaches out
I beg for your mercy
though there is no mercy between us
only a phosphorescent globe shedding light
inside us
in the light of day I disintegrate
hybrid creature without heart
and without sex
I have a twin sister
she laughs my share of laughs too
beautiful things destroy me
I am much older than you
hybrid creature always hungry
I’ve left behind a house under siege
my need to crucify myself
to touch any hand that reaches out
I beg for your mercy
though there is no mercy between us
only a phosphorescent globe shedding light
inside us
in the light of day I disintegrate
hybrid creature without heart
and without sex
I have a twin sister
she laughs my share of laughs too
© 2017, Anca Bărbulescu
From: Vocea / The Voice
From: Vocea / The Voice
Hybrid creature
Hybrid creature
beautiful things destroy me
I am much older than you
hybrid creature always hungry
I’ve left behind a house under siege
my need to crucify myself
to touch any hand that reaches out
I beg for your mercy
though there is no mercy between us
only a phosphorescent globe shedding light
inside us
in the light of day I disintegrate
hybrid creature without heart
and without sex
I have a twin sister
she laughs my share of laughs too
beautiful things destroy me
I am much older than you
hybrid creature always hungry
I’ve left behind a house under siege
my need to crucify myself
to touch any hand that reaches out
I beg for your mercy
though there is no mercy between us
only a phosphorescent globe shedding light
inside us
in the light of day I disintegrate
hybrid creature without heart
and without sex
I have a twin sister
she laughs my share of laughs too
© 2017, Anca Bărbulescu
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