and yet whiteness
can be best described by greyness
a bird by a stone
sunflowers
in december...
the most palpable
description of bread
is that of hunger....
a transparent
source-like description
of water
is that of thirst
of ash
of desert...
lack hunger
absence
of flesh
is a description of love...
from "A Sketch for a Modern Love Poem" by Tadeusz Różewicz
translated by Czeslaw Milosz
