Hard Times Require Furious Dancing - Alice Walker

지난 번에 읽은 시집에 이어 The Color Purple 의 저자로 유명한 Alice Walker 의 시집을 집어 들었다. 그 중 기억하고 싶은 몇 개 시들:

Compatible

 

We are not

compatible

said the

tiger

to

the bear.

The tiger

was spitting

out blackberry

seeds

barely disguising

his

disgust.

The bear

was feeling

foolish

a leaping

antelope

between

his teeth.

 

 

Watching you hold your hatred

 

Watching you

hold

your

hatred

for such a long time

I wonder:

Isn’t it

slippery?

Might you

not

someday

drop it

on

yourself?

 

I wonder:

Where does it sleep

if ever?

 

And where

do

you deposit

it

while you

feed

your

children

or

 

sit

in the

lap

of

the one

who

cherishes

you?

 

There is no

graceful

way

to

carry

hatred.

 

While

hidden

it is

everywhere.

 

 

The taste of grudge

 

…

 

This we know:

We were

not meant

to suffer

so much

& to learn

nothing.

 

(Photo: blackeiffel)