neither one is sure of the other

Fave poem #2 courtesy of breathe_poetry  which is an awesome lj comm (has tons of cool links and even cooler poetry, so check it out :>).

The Photogenic Ones
 
Over the yellowed corners of a sheet of paper,
one can see them walk, disappear when the page is turned.
They inhabit an island in the tropics of war,
an island where all the glasses are broken,
an island on horseback.
They enter the suburbs of the afternoon
and transient hotels.
They navigate on a bed with white sails,
as he sings and she's just another sound,
a wave beneath the bed.
Better to be silent and let them sleep,
                      and let them live
                      and let them die.
At the bottom of the photo, a few lines
attest to the fact:
neither one is sure of the other,
but they navigate,
they navigate with the Island over all the seas of the world.

---- by Belkis Cuza Malé

Translated by Daniel Shapiro.
From Burnt Sugar.

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Uggggghhhhhh!

Bad habit.......

Bad habit......

I need a twelve step program for procrastanation. Anyone have one?? =[