Dialogue

She; You kissed me on the brow or mouth,
I don’t know
- I heard a single sweet voice
and dense dusk
enclosed the fear of folded eyes.

He; I kissed you briefly on the brow
but with breath
opium-flowing you drugged me,
but I don’t know

- I heard a single sweet voice
and dense dusk
enclosed the fear of folded eyes,
where did you kiss me, on the brow or mouth?

(Adapted from the poem ‘Obraz ve vode’ by Jaroslav Seifert, 13.x.91,

by Toby Litt and Virginia Little)