Thursday, February 10, 2022

Containing Multitudes

You

You are my enslavement and my freedom
You are my flesh burning like a raw summer night
You are my country
You are the green silks in hazel eyes
You are big, beautiful and triumphant
And you are my sorrow that isn’t felt
the more I feel it.

Nâzım Hikmet
English translation by Larry Clark

Kara de Dios, Halfling, 2018. Courtesy of the artist.

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