POEM, Luciane Borges, When she died
Luciane Borges is a Brazilian clinical psychologist with a long training and practice in psychoanalysis, and a portrait artist based in England. She has a Masters Degree in Psychoanalytical Studies applied to Film and Literature from The Tavistock Clinic an the University of East London. She is interested in writing poems and essays on film and literature.
when she died
the sky was blue
in mars
under the sun
squirrels ran
after another winter
the two of us knew her verdict
"won't get to Christmas"
we also knew that she would die
alone
with all her family around
when she died
I baulked
as a wild horse
refusing reins
the sun and I hung in her direction
warming her to stay
behold
her yellowish grey body
regurgitated our hope
the invisible conductor that inhabits us
had paralysed her dance
in that air
that has gone in
she disappeared like a perfume
leaving
the
bottle
an empty
body
for the eyes.
Image: The Tunnel, Luciane Borges
the sky was blue
in mars
under the sun
squirrels ran
after another winter
the two of us knew her verdict
"won't get to Christmas"
we also knew that she would die
alone
with all her family around
when she died
I baulked
as a wild horse
refusing reins
the sun and I hung in her direction
warming her to stay
behold
her yellowish grey body
regurgitated our hope
the invisible conductor that inhabits us
had paralysed her dance
in that air
that has gone in
she disappeared like a perfume
leaving
the
bottle
an empty
body
for the eyes.
Image: The Tunnel, Luciane Borges
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Poem ︎︎︎ Luciane Borges, When She Died
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Short Story ︎︎︎ Carola Saavedra, Brief Beginning of the World
Novel Excerpt ︎︎︎ Marcela Dantés, Hollow Wind
Short Story ︎︎︎ Flavia Stefani, Connection Interrupted
Poem ︎︎︎ Luciane Borges, When She Died
Art Essay ︎︎︎ Ana Teixeira, Still
Poem ︎︎︎ Francesca Cricelli, Here my Tongue
Poem ︎︎︎ Flavia Stefani, National Park
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