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Four Poems by Olivia Elias, translated from the French by Jérémy Victor Robert

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DAY 21, WORDS ARE TOO POOR October 28, 2023

words are too poor      but I have only them 
my only wealth   
empty my hands    & so great the sufferings    
here again      I press my arms around my chest    
here again      I get into this old habit  of covering the page with little 
squares filled with black ink
the little squares of our erasure
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