sweet sixteen

three Transient Poems
by way of JAQUES PREVERT

1.

A L I C A N T E

An orange at the desk
Your gown at the carpet
and also you in my mattress
Candy reward of the current
Within the cool of the evening
Warmness of my lifestyles.

2.

Y O U S H A L L S E E
W H A T Y O U S H A L L S E E

A unadorned female swims inside the sea sweet sixteen
A bearded guy walks on water
In which is the sweetness of wonders
The miracle pronounced above?

three.

T H E G O R G E O U S
S E A S O N

Hungry misplaced freezing
On their lonesome with out a cent
A tender female of 16
Immobile status
Location de los angeles Concorde
At midday at the 15th
of August.

Translated by way of Tatul Sonentz