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Poetry Has Washed Its Hands Off Me By Nicanor Parra, Translated By T Wignesan
Poetry Has Washed Its Hands Off Me By Nicanor Parra, Translated By T Wignesan
Poetry has washed its hands off me by Nicanor Parra, Translated by T. Wignesan
I don’t say I'm done with everything
I don’t feel deluded in this respect
I would have liked continuing to poetise
but the course of inspiration has run out.
Poetry has continued to behave well
it is I who is guilty of horribly bad behaviour.
What do I gain from saying
that I (too) have behaved well
that poetry has not been of good behaviour
when everybody knows I’m the guilty one.
Serves me right that I made myself out to be an imbecile!
Poetry has continued to behave well
my behaviour has been despicably horrible
Poetry has washed its hands off me.
© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2016
Copyright © T Wignesan | Year Posted 2016
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