On A Clear Day You Can See Japan

Aurora Antonovic

and were you to lean forward,
you could grasp the leaping
rainbow fish as they twist up from the water
in jubilant gyrations,
brush them with your fingertips
curl them to your chest,
and keep them safe from the seagulls
that wait to snatch them 
with one measured swoop

Submersion

Aurora Antonovic

Si nous étions tous sur un bateau 
puis tombé par dessus bord, 
et vous pourriez seulement sauver un de nous deux
vous choisisser qui, lui ou moi? Il me demande... 

Quelle sottise

Apparemment il ne réalise pas 
que je me noyerais à sa place? 

Submersion

Aurora Antonovic

If we were all on a boat
and fell overboard,
and you could only save one of us, 
would it be him or me?
he asks

Silly man

Does he not realize
I would drown myself instead?