My body bends
My hand hears itself
Take some gravel
A white piece of shell
For a moment
A roar
The ancient sea
Filled this space that was mine
Moving lozanges
Floating grasses
A sudden cry
Of a bird blazing in the firmament
A troop of antelopes
Cross the horizon
Hooves sparkling like glass
A laugh rings like crystal
In the empty sky -
Someone dances like a flame
[Translation: Badlands Flashback]
The body stoops
The hand goes out
Picks up from the gravel
A fragment of white seashell
For a moment
A roaring
The ancient sea
Fills the space that just now was mine
Moving diamond-shapes
Grasses flowing
The sudden cry of a bird
Blazes all along the sky
A herd of antelope
Crosses the horizon
Hooves scintillating like glass
A laugh rings like crystal
In the empty sky -
Someone is dancing like a flame!

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