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Short Abyssinian Poems

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Rue Saint-Denis
Viens à Maman,
let me show you how that shameful thing is done, 
you konw, with ink on paper,
for you not to be sorry anymore,
in the morning with croissant Triomphe 
and floating island by Abyssinian charms.
Fix your shoe laces, suck your belly
and grab me by the aorta.
Let go of me
over Père Malin´s brothel,
for more than three coins.
Eat it all up! 



From URBIS (Paralela 45 Publishing House, 2016)
Translated by me....

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Categories: abyssinian, morning, mum, relationship, voice, voyage, writing,
Form: Burlesque



The Semien Kingdom
the Semienite kings erected stelae
to the kingdom of the wrestling with God;
Ethiopian hinterlands ruled with the iron fist of Judea, 
the flag of Magen David swaying in Abyssinian winds.

Judit?battle-hungry commander of war,
panzer-woman of Scriptural Armageddon!

the queen casts her leather noose
and steers the forces of Beta Israel
into a battle of redemption and of honor
conducted in a strong and Hebraic iron tradition
not even a Holocaust could ever quell!...

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Categories: abyssinian, god, history,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs