Ofelia, gardener (Selected poems)

I’M WRITING INSTEAD OF MY SISTER

my sister is too busy: she has to give birth to a child

serve lunch and dinner

think about the next lunch and dinner

to be beautiful, to smile, to greet politely

bathe, wax, make-up, have sex – regularly

my sister is too busy:

a child she has to give birth to

therefore instead of her, for her

and about her –

I write songs