Ivan Dobnik - Vilenica

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You enter the main square and become a camera lens.
To keep a clear, accurate record.
All evaluation is unwanted like the bones
thrown to the dog after a heavy meal.
A still life will appear, but the light
will always be different and shadows conceal
more than they say. They are illusions from the past
walking through the present like a cat that is familiar with every location.
Sink into the shadows as if you were walking through film
developed too soon. Now the cafes are empty,
the terraces hide the conversations in the chairs
where the figures were deeply seated. A flock of
tablecloths remain, reflecting the sunlight. Like the frame
of a painting that is still drying.
The last brush strokes have yet to come, and in the end an image:
it is the still life that gives us meaning.
Translated by D . Sam Abrams