Marcus Slease
THE BIG EGG
langue: anglais
traductions:
danois (DET STORE ÆG), polonais (WIELKIE JAJO)
THE BIG EGG
women come sailing
for the chinese buffet
at the feast of lamps
on the streets
of Spanish Fork
I wept to
my old umbilical cord
men pipe
and sing the while
with a knife
and a roll of pennies
am I a man or a woman?
I ask for divine pardon
in the solitary season
I am the big egg