Maggie Butt

Tumbling


The weeks are tumbling over one another
over and over like Chinese acrobats:
impossible handsprings, effortless,
tinsel dressed, bright with sequins
spangles and greasepaint and sweat
somersaulting so fast they are blurred
until you can’t see where one starts and
another finishes, tumbling out of the circus tent
on and on, up the dusty hillside road
off to the horizon.

Raluca Pufulete

Maggie Butt
 

Invalmaseala
 

Saptamanile se rostogolesc unele peste celelalte
iar si iar ca acrobatii chinezi:
sarituri imposibile, facute fara efort,
acoperite de poleiala, lucind de la paiete
lame, gel si sudoare
rostogolindu-se atat de repede incat se estompeaza
pana nu mai poti deslusi unde incepe una si
unde se termina cealalta, rasturnandu-se afara din cortul circului
iar si iar, in sus pe dealul prafuit
pierzandu-se in orizont.