What is Liberty?
Translated By Kelly Austin
The plump lemon,
the spoon's metal
cuts off the shadow,
the bursting overflow of pleasure,
the dark night of the shriek,
a nameless fire in the street,
some blackened breadcrumbs...
Copyright Credit: Olivia Maciel, "What is Liberty?" from Shadow in Silver. Copyright © 2005 by Olivia Maciel. Translation copyright © 2005 by Kelly Austin and Swan Isle Press. Reprinted by permission of Swan Isle Press.