3018 - The little round bellies

N. Lygeros
Translated from the French by Evi Charitidou

You thought you couldn’t do anything
and you didn’t do anything
but the round bellies
have existed.
You had buried them in your oblivion
not to see them
but the round bellies
have existed.
Every time you were hungry
you were listening to your memory
but the round bellies
no longer existed.
Indifference had gored them.