Diagnoses
by Miroslav Holub
Measles provoke
the onset of evening, like heavy felt.
Cavities in teeth
open rocks.
Smallpox pits
give contours to the map.
Radiation diseases
show us our place in the cosmos.
Liver inflammations heighten
Fragonard's sensitivity to ochres.
Cardiac apoplexies
change the outcome of battles
in bronze reliefs.
When you're mad as hell,
it's the general adaptation syndrome.
When you feel like a vegetable,
you must have been abandoned in a herbarium
by vegetarians.
translated by David Young & Dana Hobova
Unfortunately the PR blog style doesn't allow for the same spacing as written by the poet.
by Miroslav Holub
Measles provoke
the onset of evening, like heavy felt.
Cavities in teeth
open rocks.
Smallpox pits
give contours to the map.
Radiation diseases
show us our place in the cosmos.
Liver inflammations heighten
Fragonard's sensitivity to ochres.
Cardiac apoplexies
change the outcome of battles
in bronze reliefs.
When you're mad as hell,
it's the general adaptation syndrome.
When you feel like a vegetable,
you must have been abandoned in a herbarium
by vegetarians.
translated by David Young & Dana Hobova
Unfortunately the PR blog style doesn't allow for the same spacing as written by the poet.
