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AS WE
APPROACH THE SEA
Anne-Sophie Mpacko translated by
J. Appleby
As we approach the sea,
The Earth collapses and becomes
Dust,
Sand caught in light,
And we hunt the sun,
Into the secrets of the mountains,
There, where the shade looms up,
Where the leaves play on the wind,
And the air growing heavy,
And the bark of the trees,
Offer life a meaning,
That no human nor god could give.
My suffering escapes through the pores of my skin,
Into the hollow of the mountain,
As we approach the sea.
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