Through the hospital window chloroform
Flows from a broken bottle
Into evening’s garden,
And a poplar’s feet fall asleep
And his hands get lost in dreams.
And petals of wild rose buds
Chase air like fish, –
A bush winces and staggers.
Grabs with its branches at a low
Cloud, and collapses.
And the nightingale can’t
Count to three:
The melody melts on the third trill,
Falls into a yellow pond,
And suddenly the whole garden lights up:
I burn like a funeral candle
Near my hanging coffin
And swim into the bottomless box.
And the weathervane in the tower
Tosses terrified and squeaks prayers
To chase away the chloroform
From the rose, the nightingale, the poplar,
And, not remembering my name,
It hysterically turns and whines
And chokes.
(Henrikas Radauskas)
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