please, please come in

a smile easy and portent

         - there are masks at the back wall —

this house is open open is my heart

see all the flowers on the table

         - the phone rings just cut it off —

spacious and pleasant here we can have peace

close to the children who play on the floor

take off the weapons life's equipment

         - the turmoil of the city is beyond the fence —

here is space pleasant with refreshments on the table

and open to each other words begin to be entrusted

your life my life bright colours in

         an ashen pattern and specks of

black crimson are being brushed off the dress

and fragrant mist enwraps the stage

coloured rings move about fast orbiting between sparkling

         thoughts utterances reflections

laid out on the table between cups car keys

and intentions that came to nothing

         - the turmoil of the city is beyond the fence —

plans that must be chased

an hour a day the core of life

         is being squeezed for an instant….

ah this play

for too long a time whenever

two women talk

 

Sajak-sajak 33 (1974:36)