Among Dusty Stage-Props
Once again I looked at myself
in the mirror.
Once again I was overcome by
self-pity.
Where are the hard manners I demand
from myself?
I take hold of my mirror
and leave.
(Translated by Katalin N. Ullrich)
Kinga Fabó is a published Hungarian poet, linguist, essayist. Her bilingual Indonesian-English poetry book waspublished in January 2015 in Indonesia.