Gerald Stern
Drowning on the Pamet River
Language: english
Translations:
german (Im Pamet River ertrinken), hebrew (טובע בנהר הַפַּאמֵט )
Drowning on the Pamet River
Because of the pull I ended up swimming in the grasses
a hundred yards from nowhere my beloveds
ready to jump in after me a black willow
rushing in to save me - my kind of dolphin - you
think I struggled a yard at a time but I was
nudged a little that's why my lips were red
instead of blue that's why I had the words
to "The Dipsey Doodle" still on my tongue and I was
waltzing under your huge white towel your bathrobe
over my head hot tea already burning
my throat that's why I loved the two Labradors
so much that's why I kissed you so desperately.