Temptation<\/p>\n
Call yourself alive? Look, I promise you
\nthat for the first time you’ll feel your pores opening
\nlike fish mouths, and you’ll actually be able to hear
\nyour blood surging through all those lanes,
\nand you’ll feel light gliding across the cornea
\nlike the train of a dress. For the first time
\nyou’ll be aware of gravity
\nlike a thorn in your heel,
\nand your shoulder blades will ache for want of wings.
\nCall yourself alive? I promise you
\nyou’ll be deafened by dust falling on the furniture,
\nyou’ll feel your eyebrows turning to two gashes,
\nand every memory you have – will begin
\nat Genesis.<\/p>\n
Nina Cassian.<\/p>\n
\u00a9 Ardis, 1983; Oxford Univ. Press, 1993
\ntranslated from the Romanian by Brenda Walker & Andrea Deletant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Temptation Call yourself alive? Look, I promise you that for the first time you’ll feel your pores opening like fish mouths, and you’ll actually be able to hear your blood surging through all those lanes, and you’ll feel light gliding across the cornea like the train of a dress. For the first time you’ll be … <\/p>\n