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Annemarie Estor
Phantom Roundup
At night, your face transforms into a gardenwhere wild prospects proliferate
like oceans of alien blooms,
where your yes is as cheerful as Punch.
I would put poisonous plants in my mouth.
Roam abroad and speak a new tongue.
Get dragged along to a funeral
where a ghost happily appears on a photograph.
But no, we stuff our amazing powers
under the cushion, conceal honeysuckle cathedrals
and towers of ivy in botanical boxes
by the light of impotent offices
© Translation: 2019, Annemarie Estor
Phantom round-up
Phantom round-up
’s Nachts verandert je gezicht in een tuinwaar wilde mogelijkheden woekeren
als buitenaardse bloemenzeeën,
waar je oui vrolijk als een gieter is.
Ik zou giftige soorten in mijn mond steken.
Gaan zwerven en een nieuwe taal spreken.
Meegesleurd worden naar een begrafenis
waar een geest gelukkig op een foto verschijnt.
Maar nee, we moffelen onze geweldige machten
onder het kussen, verstoppen kamperfoeliekathedralen
en torens van klimop in botaniseertrommels
bij het licht van impotente kantoren.
© 2019, Annemarie Estor
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Phantom Roundup
At night, your face transforms into a gardenwhere wild prospects proliferate
like oceans of alien blooms,
where your yes is as cheerful as Punch.
I would put poisonous plants in my mouth.
Roam abroad and speak a new tongue.
Get dragged along to a funeral
where a ghost happily appears on a photograph.
But no, we stuff our amazing powers
under the cushion, conceal honeysuckle cathedrals
and towers of ivy in botanical boxes
by the light of impotent offices
© 2019, Annemarie Estor
Phantom Roundup
At night, your face transforms into a gardenwhere wild prospects proliferate
like oceans of alien blooms,
where your yes is as cheerful as Punch.
I would put poisonous plants in my mouth.
Roam abroad and speak a new tongue.
Get dragged along to a funeral
where a ghost happily appears on a photograph.
But no, we stuff our amazing powers
under the cushion, conceal honeysuckle cathedrals
and towers of ivy in botanical boxes
by the light of impotent offices
© 2019, Annemarie Estor
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