Fever 103

...εκείνη η μυρωδιά

ιδρώτας

κρύος, ζεστός, εναλλάξ

τα σεντόνια ίδια για μέρες

τα άλλαζες αλλά τίποτα δεν άλλαζε

κλειστά παράθυρα και χυμένα δοχεία

φωνές από το δρόμο

χρειάζομαι μια άδεια

χρειάζομαι σωτηρία

πονάει ακόμα και το χαμόγελο που μου φέρνεις στα χείλη

είναι σαν δρόμος προς τη σταύρωση

κουδούνι- πόρτα – σωτηρία

δε χτυπάει χάλασε

(καμία σωτηρία)

έπεσε η κολόνα

(καμία σωτηρία)

απεργεί η ΔΕΗ

(καμία σωτηρία)

μου κάνουν πλάκα τα παιδιά της γειτονιάς

δεν έρχεσαι

δε φτάνω τα φάρμακα

σε κούρασε αυτή η ιστορία

μιζέρια, αποχή, αδιαθεσία

το δωμάτιο μύριζε οινόπνευμα και σεξ

τώρα μυρίζει οινόπνευμα και βιξ

δεν ήταν ποτέ ρομαντικό

τώρα σίγουρα δεν είναι

υπερβατικές φιγούρες

τούνελ, άγγελοι και φώτα

δεν πεθαίνεις αλλά τίποτα δεν είναι όπως πρώτα

υπάρχει σωτηρία, άλλη μια εγχείριση, άλλη μια ένεση

άλλη μια σχέση που σκοτώσαμε πριν πεθάνει

«θα περιμένωμ μέχρι να ξαναρθείς, θα περιμένω»

το τεστ είναι θετικό, πεθαίνω

(καμία σωτηρία)

*Άσκηση πάνω στο Fever 103 της Sylvia Plath

Pure? What does it mean?

The tongues of hell

Are dull, dull as the triple

Tongues of dull, fat Cerberus

Cerberus a hound in Greek and Roman mythology that guards the gates of Hell (Hades), often represented with three heads

Cerberus a hound in Greek and Roman mythology that guards the gates of Hell (Hades), often represented with three heads

Who wheezes at the gate. Incapable

Of licking clean

The aguey

aguey characterized by an acute fever, accompanied by shivering or shaking

aguey characterized by an acute fever, accompanied by shivering or shaking tendon, the sin, the sin.

The tinder cries.

The indelible

indelible permanent

indelible permanent smell

Of a snuffed candle!

Love, love, the low smokes roll

From me like Isadora’s scarves

Isadora’s scarves American dancer Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) had a known longing for flowing scarves. She died in a freak car accident, most likely by strangulation, when her long scarf wrapped around her neck became caught in one of the wheel spokes of the traveling car.

Isadora’s scarves American dancer Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) had a known longing for flowing scarves. She died in a freak car accident, most likely by strangulation, when her long scarf wrapped around her neck became caught in one of the wheel spokes of the traveling car., I’m in a fright

One scarf will catch and anchor in the wheel,

Such yellow sullen smokes

Make their own element. They will not rise,

But trundle

trundle roll

trundle roll round the globe

Choking the aged and the meek,

The weak

Hothouse

Hothouse a heated greenhouse where plants are bred

Hothouse a heated greenhouse where plants are bred baby in its crib,

The ghastly orchid

Hanging its hanging garden in the air,

Devilish leopard!

Radiation turned it white

And killed it in an hour.

Greasing the bodies of adulterers

Like Hiroshima

Hiroshima Japanese industrial city which was the first of two cities hit with an atomic bomb by the U.S. in August 1945 to end World War II. Many survivors of the attack later died of radiation burns or sickness.

Hiroshima Japanese industrial city which was the first of two cities hit with an atomic bomb by the U.S. in August 1945 to end World War II. Many survivors of the attack later died of radiation burns or sickness. ash and eating in.

The sin. The sin.

Darling, all night

I have been flickering, off, on, off, on.

The sheets grow heavy as a lecher’s

lecher a person with strong sexual desires; lustful

lecher a person with strong sexual desires; lustful kiss.

Three days. Three nights.

Lemon water, chicken

Water, water make me retch.

I am too pure for you or anyone.

Your body

Hurts me as the world hurts God. I am a lantern——

My head a moon

Of Japanese paper, my gold beaten skin

Infinitely delicate and infinitely expensive.

Does not my heat astound you! And my light!

All by myself I am a huge camellia

camellia a plant native to Asia, with large flowers typically red or pink in color

camellia a plant native to Asia, with large flowers typically red or pink in color

Glowing and coming and going, flush on flush.

I think I am going up,

I think I may rise——

The beads of hot metal fly, and I love, I

Am a pure acetylene

acetylene a colorless, flammable gas that produces a high heat under pressure, used for torch welding and the cutting or purifying of metals

acetylene a colorless, flammable gas that produces a high heat under pressure, used for torch welding and the cutting or purifying of metals

Virgin

Attended by roses,

By kisses, by cherubim

cherubim plural of “cherub”; high-ranking angels mentioned in the Bible, often depicted in paintings as winged babies or toddlers.

cherubim plural of “cherub”; high-ranking angels mentioned in the Bible, often depicted in paintings as winged babies or toddlers.,

By whatever these pink things mean!

Not you, nor him

Nor him, nor him

(My selves dissolving, old whore petticoats)——

To Paradise.

* Φωτογραφία από το The shop around the corner του Lubitsch,1940.