that guy at the street corner
who grabs you manically by the elbow
why not answer him ?
why must you pretend not to see ?
because he’ s crazy
because in his monologues
he confuses questions and answers
Translated by Cid Corman
First publication : Printed Matter (Japan’s International Review of Litterature & the Artts), vol. XX N°1, 1996. Origin outlet, edited by Cid Corman, page 69.
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