Das Verlorene Paradies (1) (2)
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I wonder
How a physicist would calculate
The time
That it takes
For the warmth of us to vaporize
Out of bed
For the children to remember
The after-the-dawn-before-the-breakfast sex
In every corner
Of this apartment
While sitting at the dinner table
Staring at the windows across the street
From which
Perhaps
Some old businessmen
Discovered our nudity
Would any escaping lover
Ever occupy
Our space under the shower
What would Paul have done
Had he ever discovered us
No apple
No snake
No line
Just
Flowing colors
And hours of sunshine
Syavash Shaghayegh
© Feb. 4, 1999
(1): "Das Verlorene Paradies " or "The Lost Paradise" was the name of the painting exhibition which focused on the masterpieces of the French painter, Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), held in Berlin in January 1999.
(2): "Das Verlorene Paradies " was published in "A Generation Defining Itself: In Our Own Words"-Volume III, Spring 2001
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