Tiziano Fratus - SELF-PORTRAIT OF LANDSCAPE WITH MULBERRY

I
began
to breath in
the hollow trunk
of a mulberry, I crossed
the threshold of adulthood
to live in a continent between
paper and bark, and to once
again plumb the landscape
with the eyes of a child,
the vibrant fire
of a wizened
Z e n
mon
k

Translated by Eleonora Matarrese