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Poem

Kirmen Uribe

ESPETXEKO HAIKUAK/JAILHOUSE HAIKUS


1.

I’m here in the jail.
The very first of the shocks:
the stink of the sweat.

The sound of the lock,
the blotchy stains on the walls.
And then solitude.

Out of this window,
the moon itself is wearing
a stripy costume.

ESPETXEKO HAIKUAK/JAILHOUSE HAIKUS



1.

Kartzelan nago.
Lehenengo zirrara:
izerdi-sunda.

Sarraila hotsa,
orbanak paretetan.
Bakartasuna.

Leihotik beha,
jantzi marraduna du
iretargiak.
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ESPETXEKO HAIKUAK/JAILHOUSE HAIKUS


1.

I’m here in the jail.
The very first of the shocks:
the stink of the sweat.

The sound of the lock,
the blotchy stains on the walls.
And then solitude.

Out of this window,
the moon itself is wearing
a stripy costume.

ESPETXEKO HAIKUAK/JAILHOUSE HAIKUS


1.

I’m here in the jail.
The very first of the shocks:
the stink of the sweat.

The sound of the lock,
the blotchy stains on the walls.
And then solitude.

Out of this window,
the moon itself is wearing
a stripy costume.
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