Growing Sense of Departure
I surfaced
with a ballad on my mind:
an elderly couple at the market,
“We cannot afford this apple, sweetheart” –
and they walk on with dignity.
Author: Marin Bodakov
Translator: Katerina Stoykova
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Powerful work!
Wonderful & sad.
This is what a poem should be! Thanks.
I like!