Guest: Yağmur Mavi Şen
Title of The Work: Silence Funeral
Original Title: Sessizlik Cenazesi
Genre: Poetry
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I’m lamenting, the lighter’s out of gas
I smell your scent, your dung-mown earth
I scatter the ashes I add to the mists
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I arrive without me, I miss the ferry.
I wait on the horizon, I give birth to the day, I curse my midwifery and take the scalpel.
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If you ask anyone, I’m standing still.
If you ask me, I’m turning my back.
If you ask anyone, I’m breaking the mirror.
If you ask me, I’m a pain in the arse.
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I’ve got a pen in my hand,
the bullet’s too heavy.
I’ve got a pen in my hand,
I’m exhausted.
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