Friday, April 1
THE WORLD God hid himself so that the world could be seen if he'd made himself known there would only be him and who in his presence would notice the ant the handsome, peevish wasp worrying in circles the green drake with his yellow legs the peewit laying its four eggs crosswise the dragonfly's round eyes beans in the pod our mother at the table holding not so long ago a mug by its big funny ear the fir tree shedding husks instead of cones pain and delight both ways to learn equally mysteries but never the same stones which show travelers the way love that is invisible hides nothing (Jan Twardowski, translated from Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak)