Dingo the Dissident

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Friday, 27 May 2022

I AM AND AM NOT

my translation of a poem by RUMI

I'm swimming
in the flood
which has yet to come

I'm shackled
in the prison
which has yet to be built

I am the checkmate
in a future game of chess

I'm drunk with your wine
which sits untasted

I'm a corpse on a battlefield
of long ago

I don't
know the difference
between idea and reality

Like the shadow of a pot
I am
and am not.



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