Constantin Preda
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Metonymy

There was a white spot
on my nail
and every day
I wore it closer
to its end.

They say it is a word
addressed to me
a failing function
a shouting something,
or just being
but not being just enough

The end
of its nacreous journey
today, I licked the corners
of my mouth,
an in waylaying satisfaction
I went into my flesh
and cut it out


and thought
"why would I be upset,
if they misunderstand
my poems?
"



Published on the 1st of May 2014 in "Inky Needles - The Body Modern Issue - summer 2014"
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  • Poetry
    • Days of Red
    • A Veteran
    • Inherent Vice
    • Why are they laughing
    • A drink with Tom about old masters and young mistresses
    • Antwerp Scene
    • More alike than unalike
    • Suddenly, early
    • Metonymy
    • The Sauntering Step
    • On Second Thought
    • Listening to November
    • Apprenticeship
  • Poetry in Translation
    • Nichita Stanescu >
      • To bend light
      • Song
      • Old song for new moon
      • Sad Love Song
      • Love, young lioness
      • *** (to Laura)
      • Through the orange tunnel
    • Mircea Cartarescu >
      • When You Need Love
      • The Collision
      • Adieu! In Buharest
      • The West
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