[Since everything turns]

By Tilsa Otta

Translated By Farid Matuk

Since everything turns

I can always talk about myself

and you’ll know I'll be speaking of you

Always

we are all the center of the world

Believe me

this is where you start

and where I end

Copyright Credit: Tilsa Otta, "[Since everything turns]" from The Hormone Of Darkness: A Playlist, trans. by Farid Matuk. Copyright © 2024 by Farid Matuk. Reprinted by permission of Graywolf Press, www.graywolfpress.org.

Source: The Hormone Of Darkness: A Playlist (Graywolf Press, 2024)