Thursday, April 13, 2023

ADAM ZAGAJEWSKI ~

 




Figs



Figs are sweet, but don't last long.

They spoil fast in transit,

says the shopkeeper.

Like kisses, adds his wife,

a hunched old woman with bright eyes.



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Adam Zagajewski

True Life

Translated by Clare Cavanagh

Farrar Straus Giroux, 2023