Archive, Literature, Poetry

Tomorrow

Posted on by Désirée Jung
30
Oct

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The man wants to know
why the woman on the other side of the mind
speaks only Portuguese.

Eu te quero muito, muito.

He walks with closed hands
trying to translate all the words
she tells him in confidence.

Meu coração é bilíngue.

At home, he forgets everything he has studied
and focuses on her legs in a thong,
envolving his tongue in a long caress.

Amanhã, she will speak to me again, estrangeira.

Poem recorded to music by Luckas Oickle in Art Song Lab.

Désirée Jung

My name is Désirée Jung and my intention here is to immerse into words. Writing my biography is a bit like witnessing the spectrum of my own gaze – an impossible task, due to its volatile and vulnerable contingency. For that reason, I let the poems speak for myself. I can add that I’m a Brazilian-Canadian artist, lover of beauty and everything (but not-all) that comes from a feminine space.