Neko Case: At Last

11 June 2008

the translation of static

1.
There are stars in cornfields called fireflies.

2.
The moon is ventriloquial for the sun.

3.
Even open screened windows keep tigers out.

4.
There are love affairs that are like a wind caught between roofs.

5.
The trunk of a Russian olive tree is wrapped in chicken wire so it won't sag.

6.
Any explosion births a new language, although it can never be said aloud.

7.
In London, there is a hypothetical museum with a curator who is a horse in fairy tales.

8.
A movie wobbles on the reel, causing distracted actors.

9.
These are my contents, wrapped in clean linens: voices collected from disrupted sleep, a folded map of clouds on a lake, a body broken into many countries, a fistful of sugar.

10.
Years are spent eloping from the same barstool. Jackalopian dancing is forbidden.

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