Poetry in Translation

S/he || Abouzar Karimi

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A thing,

That very thing,

Who’s shape isn’t exactly as foretold,

Must turn out not exactly as foretold.

For a thing to appear not in the shape as was foretold, you must
–listen carefully! think of all the things they haven’t mentioned and the shapes they haven’t mentioned–
mold all those not foretold into a desired shape not foretold.

That is what I did.

And they appeared in a shape not foretold
Shook off their own shape, took off into thin air
Shut their eyes and walked out of reach
And didn’t know –didn’t exactly know– what’s been lost

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Abouzar Karimi
Aughust 29, 2022 Tehran
Translated by Saghi Ghahrama
Dec 24, 2022 Toronto