Zâmbindu-le norilor (smiling back at the clouds)

at least the clouds are
smiling back

they have faces and
souls
and they stare back from their
blue canvas,
down on his dirty, snot-smeared face

It’s a warm
sunny day
but the
bottom of the shallow, dry well
is cold and full
of critters

Well, no problem. The sky is so
pretty with all its smiling
faces that he
won’t even cry. He’ll stay there
and look up. Still waiting
for mother to return and
pick him up

Still waiting

Smiling back at the clouds

Still waiting
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Pisicile sunt audiența perfectă pentru poezii (cats are a great audience for poetry readings)

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English version below

the cat was utterly
uninterested
and downright
bored

with him reading
mediocre poems
by her side

"You don't like this one?" he asked
"It's about nature
and birds
flying and... and... How good does
it have to be for you
to like it? I'm only ten, I haven't
lived long enough to
write poems of grief
and depravity like my father. But you
know, I'm actually aiming to become
better than him. I aim to be
a more
respected poet. What, you don't think
I'll be able to?
You think I'm just another
deluded fool? I'll show you!"

The cat stood
and stretched raising her tail
"Calm down, kid. First of all,
your daddy was no
poet. Just some drunk who spoke of
demons as he passed out
in bars. And you, you're not ten, okay?
You're just ten days
clean of meds."

"You think I should
end myself?" he asked

The cat waved a paw
at that. "Nah, just go on with the
next poem. I'll be listening
but please don't expect any
praise. It's not in my nature to
offer it, okay?"

"But... you think I'll be a great
poet one day?"

The cat closed her
eyes and offered no reply
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Sticlă groasă (thick glass)

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Un cadavru în cameră (a dead body in the room)

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Un cartier foarte fericit (a very happy neighborhood)

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Fetele cu ochelari sunt drăguțe (girls with glasses are cute)

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Băiatul care mânca flori (the boy who ate flowers)

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Spre colțul întunecat (facing the dark corner)

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Working on a Sunday?

Many thanks to Gobblers by Masticadores for featuring my poem, "Working on a Sunday?"!

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«Ain’t nobody out there goin’ through what I went,» he said

Many thanks to Gobblers by Masticadores for featuring my poem, "«Ain’t nobody out there goin’ through what I went,» he said"!
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