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Submit Human Translation | Discuss Poem | Post Poetry | Listen McGill Live A Forgetful Number by Vasko Popa Once upon a time there was a number Pure and round like the sun But alone very much alone It began to reckon with itself It divided multiplied itself It subtracted added itself And remained always alone It stopped reckoning with itself And shut itself up in its round And sunny purity Outside were left the fiery Traces of its reckoning They began to chase each other through the dark To divide when they should have multiplied themselves To subtract when they should have added themselves That's what happens in the dark And there was no one to ask it To stop the traces And to rub them out. Trans. Anne Pennington American Review | www.PaperLyon.com | McGill Live Radio | Publish

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Poems by Vasko Popa Anne Pennington A Conceited Mistake A Forgetful Number Before The Game Between Games Far Within Us 1 Far Within Us 2 Far Within Us 3 Far Within Us 4 Far Within Us 5 Far Within Us 6 Far Within Us 7 Give Me Back My Rags Give Me Back My Rags 1 Give Me Back My Rags 11 Give Me Back My Rags 12 Give Me Back My Rags 4 Hide-And-Seek In The Village Of My Ancestors Last News About The Little Box Race The Admirers Of The Little Box The Benefactors Of The Little Box The Craftsmen Of The Little Box The Enemies Of The Little Box The Judges Of The Little Box The Little Box The Owners Of The Little Box The Prisoners Of The Little Box The Tenants Of The Little Box The Victims Of The Little Box Wedding

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