Stephan Nance

Japanese Garden / Jardin japonais / Yaponskii sad
[...]breaking through the ice, Iscuttle down the riverbank till Iespy the arboretumin your house…in your home…and covered in mud, Icrawl into a carapace,and down the hallwayyou, the coniferous buoybobbing on alpha waves,inspire a siren song,compose a nodding poemthat will never see the light of daythat will never see the light(but I)read in a dreamJapanese gardenhead on the shoulderJapanese mapleread in a dreamJapanese gardenhead on the shoulderSongtexteJapanese mapleread in a dream…read in a dream…crossing crooked bridges,safe to knit you any garment now, but Icast off my crafty armaments, Icast you aside and Iscoot awaybut didn't we ditch those demons?are we not free to freeze and thaw as we please?to perch on brancheswhittled into benchesbuilt for humanshiveringun cœur en hiverun cœur qui ne verra jamais la lumière(mais je)lis dans un rêvejardin japonaistête sur épauleérable du Japon jelis dans un rêvejardin japonaistête sur épauleérable du Japon jelis dans un rêve…lis dans un rêve…everything will besimple someday sooneverything will besimple, oh so simpleeverything will besimple someday soon…Ð???Ñ????? ???, ??? Ñ? ?????Ñ?Ñ? ? ??? ??Ñ???Ñ?. Ð???? ? ????—???????? ??Ñ? ?? Ñ??????.Ð???Ñ? ???? ?????Ñ????? ?? Ñ??????Ñ???? ???Ñ???????? ???Ñ? ??????? Ñ? ????????, ????Ñ????? ?? Ñ???;????????, ???Ñ????? ? ?????????, Ñ? ?Ñ???Ñ?!Ð?????????, ?? ????????— Ñ? ?Ñ???Ñ?!Ð????Ñ?????Ñ??? ??????????Ñ???? Ñ??Ñ?????? ?????—? ?? ???? ? ??????, ?? ???? ? ??????.???Ñ??????? Ñ? ????Ñ? ?Ñ????Ñ? Ñ??? ???.Ð????????, Ñ???? ??? — ???? ???.Ð?? Ñ????? ?????? Ñ? ?? ???Ñ??Ñ?Ñ?Ñ?;?? ??Ñ?Ñ?Ñ? ???????Ñ?Ñ?Ñ? ? ??Ñ?????Ñ???????? ??Ñ??!???? Ñ??????Ñ??Ñ?Ñ? ??? ????, ? Ñ? ??????? ?????—? ??? ???Ñ??? ?? ?????? ??????Ñ? ??? ??? ??????Ñ????Ñ?,? Ñ????????, ? ?????? ???Ñ???, ?????????Ñ? ?????????...[...]I don't want to be forgottenI don't want to be forgottenI don't want to be forgottenanymoreanymoredenuding adamant layersI peel past a period of interregnum andinherit the gilt cardboard crown fromthe downy-crested phoenix—my predecessor in this queue ofpanels in triptychspainted and pruned.the kingdom's a sham;Hamlet without the Prince—and though a tree you may well be,I am not convinced.copper head on hickory shoulder,curled under covers,a fetal web of words…read in a dreamJapanese gardencopper head on hickory shoulderbreaking through the ice—un cœur en hiver… Aus Songtexte Mania