I need a parrot
identical days
a quantity of needles
and spoiled ink to make history.
I need veiled eyelids
black lines
and ruined puppets
to make geography.
I need a sky wider than longing
and water that is not H2O
to make wings.
The days are no longer enough
to distinguish the missing
I no longer see you
because I no longer dream.
I propose a tear to the rain
as if scattering you
in the Dead Sea
and in order to sing you
I need glass to muffle the sound.
Translated by Liz Winslow