You draw a circle in the sand
and then halve the circle
with the same hazelnut stick.
Next you fall to your knees,
then to all fours.
Then you hit the sand with your forehead
and apologize to the circle.
That’s all.
(Nichita Stanescu)
More Poetry from Nichita Stanescu:
- Time As Light (Nichita Stanescu Poems)
- Bas-relief with heroes (Nichita Stanescu Poems)
- About The State of Struggling (Nichita Stanescu Poems)
- They Keynote (Nichita Stanescu Poems)
- A Lecture On The Cube (Nichita Stanescu Poems)
- On horseback at dawn (Nichita Stanescu Poems)