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Poem

Claudiu Komartin

Black Butterfly

I refuse to think about people
for them, love is a black butterfly
that alights with widespread wings
on the brow of a paralysed gymnast

it stays there days on end
looking him tenderly in the eye
while it jabs its proboscis in the softest tissues
and enjoys itself like a child

it jabs in its proboscis and laughs
it jabs in its proboscis and laughs

under the dazzling sun.

Black butterfly

Black butterfly

nu vreau să mă gândesc la oameni
iubirea lor e un fluture negru
cu aripile întinse
care se aşază pe fruntea unui gimnast paralizat

stă zile întregi acolo
îl priveşte în ochi cu tandreţe
îşi înfige trompa în ţesuturile cele mai moi
se amuză ca un copil

îşi înfige trompa şi râde
îşi înfige trompa şi râde

în soarele năucitor.
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Black Butterfly

I refuse to think about people
for them, love is a black butterfly
that alights with widespread wings
on the brow of a paralysed gymnast

it stays there days on end
looking him tenderly in the eye
while it jabs its proboscis in the softest tissues
and enjoys itself like a child

it jabs in its proboscis and laughs
it jabs in its proboscis and laughs

under the dazzling sun.

Black Butterfly

I refuse to think about people
for them, love is a black butterfly
that alights with widespread wings
on the brow of a paralysed gymnast

it stays there days on end
looking him tenderly in the eye
while it jabs its proboscis in the softest tissues
and enjoys itself like a child

it jabs in its proboscis and laughs
it jabs in its proboscis and laughs

under the dazzling sun.
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