Saturday, January 23, 2010

An Unwilling Spirit

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Going cross-eyed in the
attempt to read official documents
without looking at them

bold letters addressed to the President
requests for money, farm implements
seems like the President

is the Father Christmas of this continent
I’m not even motivated enough to read
Terry Pratchett, much less

to look at my work, why, oh, why
am I saddled with an unwilling
spirit – as far as

faithful translation work
is concerned?
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