Dream

In a pocket of earth 
I buried all the accents 
of my mother tongue 

there they lie
like needles of pine 
assembled by ants 

one day the stumbling cry 
of another wanderer
may set them alight 

then warm and comforted 
he will hear all night 
the truth as lullaby.


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John Berger (Stoke Newington, London, England, 5 November 1926 ~ Paris, France, 2 January 2017).
◙ Artwork: Maurice de Vlaminck

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