Sunday, January 30, 2022

Evidence of Love

To Vera

Please come, she said,
And stay, she said,
And smile, she said,
And die, she said.

I came,
I stayed,
I smiled,
I died.

Nâzım Hikmet, 1963
English translation by Alex Miller

Kara de Dios, Dead Sea, 2018. Courtesy of the artist.

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