Not Because It’s Chic
Here I have a place
where I can be sad.
I adore it. I adore it.
I exist only in roles.
I want colors! Colors!
Just as above me the sky is always blue.
Not because it’s chic. Not because of that.
Kinga Fabó is a published Hungarian poet (linguist, essayist). Her bilingual (Indonesian-English) poetry book Poison has just come out. She has an essay on Sylvia Plath as well. Website: www.hlo.hu/news/poems_by_kinga_fabo
Note: Translated by Michael Castro and Gábor G. Gyukics