I wanted to write you a letter
\nmy love,
\na letter that would tell
\nof this desire
\nto see you
\nof this fear
\nof losing you
\nof this more than benevolence that I feel
\nof this indefinable ill that pursues me
\nof this yearning to which I live in total surrender…<\/p>\n
I wanted to write you a letter
\nmy love,
\na letter of intimate secrets,
\na letter of memories of you,
\nof you
\nof your lips red as henna
\nof your hair black as mud
\nof your eyes sweet as honey
\nof your breasts hard as wild orange
\nof your lynx gait
\nand of your caresses
\nsuch that I can find no better here\u2026
\nI wanted to write you a letter
\nmy love,
\nthat would recall the days in our haunts
\nour nights lost in the long grass
\nthat would recall the shade falling on us from the plum
\ntrees
\nthe moon filtering through the endless palm trees
\nthat would recall the madness
\nof our passion
\nand the bitterness
\nof our separation\u2026<\/p>\n
I wanted to write you a letter
\nmy love,
\nthat you would not read without sighing
\nthat you would hide from papa Bombo
\nthat you would withhold from mama Kieza
\nthat you would reread without the coldness
\nof forgetting
\na letter to which in all Kilombo
\nno other would stand comparison\u2026<\/p>\n
I wanted to write you a letter
\nmy love,
\na letter that would be brought to you by the passing wind
\na letter that the cashews and coffee trees
\nthe hyenas and buffaloes
\nthe alligators and grayling
\ncould understand
\nso that if the wind should lose it on the way
\nthe beasts and plants
\nwith pity for our sharp suffering
\nfrom song to song
\nlament to lament
\ngabble to gabble
\nwould bring you pure and hot
\nthe burning words
\nthe sorrowful words of the letter
\nI wanted to write to you my love\u2026<\/p>\n
I wanted to write you a letter\u2026<\/p>\n
But oh my love, I cannot understand
\nwhy it is, why it is, why it is, my dear
\nthat you cannot read
\nand I – Oh the hopelessness! – cannot write!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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