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Nº 813 Poems

In vain

Germain Droogenbroodt

Blizschlag, Susan Tiedt, Germany

All day long

it thundered and lightninged

as if heaven wanted to knock

at whatever door to be heard,

concerned

about the downfall

not only of the climate

but also of humanity.

Germain Droogenbroodt

from “Fragile Balance”

Translation by the author and Stanley Barkan

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