Temere
Doina Horodniceanu
De prea multa folosinta
bocancii mei au obosit.
Se vede ca au fost purtati
de prea multi barbati
cei mai multi rigizi si plati,
altii neglijenti si boemi
de prea multa folosinta
bocancii mei s-au scalciat la varf
acolo unde sarea si nisipul
au format dune,
cu parere de rau as spune
ca fuziunea dintre piele si
talpa este indoielnica.
Daca as fi acest bocanc
m-as teme.
Dupa ce am scos sireturile
dedesupt am gasit numai
frunze moarte si radacini
in cutele limbii,
desigur, dar limba era intacta.
(publicata in revista "Literatorul", Bucuresti, 2000)
Acta matematica
Doina Horodniceanu
Daca lumea este numai iesiri si doar o intrare,
atunci toate directiile duc la tine.
Tu esti nucleul.
Sa urmezi un vector inseamna sa-i anulezi
pe toti ceilalti.
Simultan anulezi necesitatea oricarui altuia.
Aminteste-ti � tu alegi iesirea � rezultatul este o
disparitie.
In consecinta esti absent.
Cand originea este �n miscare � rezulta � pierderea ei.
Ramane doar traiectoria. O traiectorie
lineara nu reiese necesar din alegerea iesirii;
divergenta sau convergenta � ca o plauzibila posibilitate.
In consecinta rezultatul este intotdeauna
Independent de alegerea ta.
Presupunem ca sti ce urmeaza.
(Publicata in revista "Literatorul", Bucuresti, 2000)
The fear
Doina Horodniceanu
The boot is tired.
It has been too long on the foot.
It feels, perhaps, it has been worn
by the feet of many men;
mostly flat and rigid.
It feels, perhaps, it has done more
than it was made to.
The boot is chafed about the toe.
There is an accumulation of sand and salt.
The union of the leather, thread, and
bottom is questionable.
I am sorry to report
if I were this boot
I would fear.
When the laces were removed
there were twigs and leaves
in the folds of the tongue,
sure, but the tongue was intact.
(published in the literary magazin "Literatorul",
Bucharest, Romania, August 2000)
Acta Matematica
Doina Horodniceanu
If the world is all exits and no entrance,
all leads direct from you.
You remain central.
To follow one vector is to cancel
all others.
Simultaneously you cancel the need for all others.
Remember you choose one exit - a disappearance is one result.
You are absent for subsequent results.
The original point is set in motion � henceforth - lost.
Except to what lies within its linear path.
A linear path does not necessarily result from exit taken - divergent, convergent - exist as plausible possibilities.
Therefore position taken correlates as drift.
Presumably you scan for what lies ahead.
(Published in "Literatorul", Bucharest, Romania, 2000)
