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Little Death in Little Paris

Anna Canić·October 4, 2020

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Little Death in Little Paris

written by: Anna Canić

Do not control me,
O perfidious world –
I’m not in the mood
“To see Paris and die”
I have other plans,
A different direction –
Taken out of the crowd
I’m a stranger to time and the winds.

Let me be,
O black-and-white realm –
You changed my name,
Not my vocation.
You changed his passions,
Not his name.
How can you imprison
An earthquake?
An anomalous zone
You’ll never rule.

Leave me alone,
O arena of rigid classics
And ugly novelties –
Paris is not for me,
Unless it’s the “Little” one…
Same with the death.

Mała Śmierć w Małym Paryżu

written by: Anna Canić

Nie steruj mną,
Zakłamany świecie –
Nie chcę dziś
“Zobaczyć Paryż i umrzeć”
Mam inne plany
I inny kierunek –
Wyrwana z tłumu,
Obca dla czasu i wiatrów.

Odpuść więc sobie,
Czarno-biały świecie –
Zmieniłeś mi imię,
Nie powołanie.
Zmieniłeś mu pasje,
Lecz nie imię.
Nie możesz uwięzić
Trzęsienia ziemi,
Rządzić anomalną strefą.

Daj spokój,
Świecie sztywnej klasyki
I brzydkich nowości –
Paryż nie jest dla mnie
Chyba że… ten Mały…
Ze śmiercią – tak samo.

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Anna Canić

Philologist/translator by profession, writer/journalist by choice. Knows how to stage a drama play, to choose the right words for song lyrics and to publish poems in the international almanacs. Author of a historical novel “Sophia and Cassius” and a vice-editor-in chief of two art/culture magazines in Poland.

Lou Storey

A textbook example of nominative determinism, Lou Storey has always been a storyteller, a fact well illustrated in his art and in his writing. His careers have reflected that as well, first as a creator of idea-based exhibitions for museums, and later as a psychotherapist employing narrative therapies. His art and his writing share qualities of rich texture and detail, examining our capacity to be absurd while allowing a measure of forgiveness for our foibles. Storey and his husband Steve retired in 2021 and moved from New Jersey to Savannah Georgia. “We love everything about Savannah, it is like a city that looks like a park and thinks it’s a small town. Best of all, we can grow bananas in the backyard!”

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