CAROLINE CARVER

Morning on the wild side

went today to an untended part of the garden
watched spiders open store windows
and wait like grandmothers
knitting
while tumbrils load their grisly cargo

an Alexander beetle in shimmering tailcoat
lumbers slowly along
like someone from last night’s party
trying to hail a taxi

ants are working out
on what seems to be
the highway to fulfilment
carrying goods and chattels in both directions

a couple of wasps try to kill each other

not so different really
from any street corner.

Cristina Florea

Caroline Carver
 

Fata ascunsa a unei dimineti
 

azi am patruns intr-un colt neatins al gradinii,
am privit cum paianjenii deschideau geamurile pravaliei
si asteptau ca niste bunici tricotand
in timp ce in roabe se incarca marfa sinistra,
un scarabeu in frac lucitor
inainta greu, tarandu-se,
cum venea cineva noaptea de la o petrecere,
chinuindu-se sa cheme un taxi.

furnicile fac antrenament fizic
pe ceea ce pare a fi
autostrada implinirii,
purtand calabalacul in ambele directii,

Cateva viespi incearca sa se omoare intre ele,

Scena nu cu mult diferita
de orice colt de strada.