Charles Bernstein

Me Transform - O!

Me transform - O!
outta vanilla
outro
hey see a fast a, eh, neo so re: a proxy ma

not day's objective cues, eh, reactivate cues
not - line has to realign mementos
outro
me a traveling man

Morty deserves
cause per diem sent I do
espressos figured as coma
oh, so the bourbon let a …

me transform - O!
nah - observe a cow
the humid petals

"

Me detransform - O!
a mess my vanilla
outro
hey now see a fast a

Not objective cues
aligned mementos
a line has inexistent
iguanas - me re: pass am

Retract ode sat I've a do
taxidermist of mime, mess, more

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Homophonic translation of "Me Transformo" by Régis Bonvicino (from Portuguese)

Me transformo,
outra janela -
outro
que se afasta e não se reaproxima

nas desobjetivações,
nas linhas e realinhamentos
outros
me atravessam

morto de ser
coisas perdem sentido
expressões figuradas como
ossos de borboleta

me tranformo
na observação
de uma pétala

"

Me destransformo
a mesma janela -
outro
que não se afasta

Nas objectivações,
alinhamentos
e linhas inexistentes
iguais me repassam

Retrato desativado,
taxidermista de mim mesmo

I TRANSFORM MYSELF

I transform myself,
another window -
another
withdrawing and not returning

in disobjectivations and reactivations,
in lines and realignments
others
traverse me

dead of being
things lose sense
figurative expressions
like butterfly bones

I transform myself
by observing
a petal

·

I untransform myself
the same window -
another
not withdrawing

In objectivations,
in existent lines
and alignments
alike repassing me

Deactivated portrait,
taxidermist of myself.

Tr. Charles Perrone