NaPM April 15, 2017

[RiverNotch]

elegy for a dead voice


i will not apologize
for what i did not do.
i know, in my heart,
behind the lies,
lies someone true.

a flat line divides
allusion and mere reference.
metaphors can be hints,
can be overextended.
the moral prerogative now

is to destroy division, but 
we all know there is no such vision 
without the same symbols, 
the same syntax.
still, i cannot rejoice

for the inevitable --
it is incomplete.
voces mortui in
tegminibus sub terra in
trabeculis carneis refugient.

my translation: dead voices find shelter underground in the trabeculae carneae

ELEGY FOR A DEAD VOICE


I VVILL NOT APOLOGIZE
FOR VVHAT I DID NOT DO
I KNOVV IN MY HEART
BEHIND THE LIES
LIES SOMEONE TRVE

A FINE LINE DIVIDES
ALLVSION AND MERE REFERENCE
METAPHORS CAN BE HINTS
CAN BE OVEREXTENDED
THE MORAL PREROGATIVE NOVV

IS TO DESTROY DIVISION BVT
VVE ALL KNOVV THERE IS NO SVCH VISION
VVITHOVT THE SAME SYMBOLS
THE SAME SYNTAX
STILL I CANNOT REIOICE

FOR THE INEVITABLE ---
IT IS INCOMPLETE
VOCESMORTVIIN
TEGMINIBVSSVBTERRAIN
TRABECVLISCARNEISREFVGIENT