gramn

parts of a poem by Nichita Stanescu:

. . .
Only the grass knows the taste of the earth.
In truth, only my blood misses
my heart when it leaves.
. . .
There comes a time when horses die.
There comes a time when machines grow old.
There comes a time when cold rains fall,
and every woman wears your head-
and clothes.
. . .


He was a Romanian poet, who passed away in 1983.
The book of his I read before is Ask the Circle to Forgive You.
It is only about 70 pages, but apparently costs $164 on Amazon, for a used paperback edition.

don't know what that's about. but i'll have to find another library somewhere to re-read a copy.
even the university library here doesn't carry it.
the above poem is from bas-relief with heroes- "sad love song."

i was thinking of the first book, and decided to go check out the second, the only english edition of his poems they have here.
i guess the library here stays open until 2 am.
it's a warm night. today was like summer.
i'm tired now.

we did some house cleaning today.
my room is a mess, but i don't know where to put all the papers lying around.
my room is relatively small. i sleep on a futon.

so, it's 1 am now. i'm up too late.
i guess i'll try to get to sleep soon.