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Miller, Vassar: Vizsgálóasztalon (On The Examination Table in Hungarian)

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Portre of N. Ullrich Katalin

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On The Examination Table (English)

My eyes, two birds
crazily threshing
in the trap of their sockets,

my tongue, dry leaf
ready to fall
to the pit of my throat,

my breath, fragile moth
caught in a cave-in
of my gullet's tight tunnel,

my belly, overturned turtle,
stripped from the shell
of daily decorum,

my body, dull dog,  
shies into terror's
mythical monster.



Uploaded byN.Ullrich Katalin
Source of the quotationhttps://muse.jhu.edu

Vizsgálóasztalon (Hungarian)

Szemeim - madarak,
őrülten vergődnek
gödreik csapdájában,

nyelvem - száraz levél,
mely mindjárt lehull
torkom mély vermébe,

lélegzetem - törékeny pille,
fogva tartja nyelőcsövem
megroggyant szűk alagútja,

hasam - felborult teknős,
megfosztva mindenkori
dicsősége páncéljától,

testem – tunya eb,
beleretten a borzalom
legendás szörnyeibe.



Uploaded byN.Ullrich Katalin
Source of the quotationN. U. K.

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