Books And Shakespeare

translated by PLS

everyone knows

how to choose

between books and Shakespeare

those that can’t be performed on stage

those that can’t watched off stage

those that cannot synchronise, coexist or empathise

it is not necessary to turn them into books

unless they are verses, the long ones

the afternoon of the 23rd of April 

as if in a foreign land

is spending time with a stranger

talking about Shakespeare

and then spotting light on a narrow street

everyone knows 

how to choose

those that can’t be written down in words

those that can’t remain in books

the east

has our own 

Juliet-like sun

good verses, the best ones

pave a path of brilliance

Shakespeare sits on a step

smiling

only watching people

walking up