#1262 - a projection of the dark

 

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a projection of the dark

ekphrastic for Goldman Gyórgy’s ‘Horthy-rendőr’ (‘Horthy copper’)

Pécs ekphrastic

 

little cap to cover the eyes

lest he sees what he does

 

stolid reach

lumbering paw after paw

 

a golem to holster

he is made a fist

must never smile

 

the children round him first thing last

 

when home from work

to teach the truth

it’s all for them

 

they are nothing

we are iron

 

I cringe before

it’s what one does

 

now

man of stone

returns to stone

 

so the heart’s kept pure