there must be a breast cemetery somewhere
a last resting place for sliced off
teabags 34Cs or DDs
a place where mothers sisters and wives
can go to suffer phantom pain
or delight in phantom pleasure
where brothers fathers and sons can bow
their heads not at the loss of life
but at the loss of a bit of life
a place where breasts wait
to be reunited with the rest of the body
they were a part of
neatly frozen
embalmed
or in tiny urns
there must be a cemetery somewhere
for our women’s glory
a last stop
on a pilgrimage of milk
desire and grief
Translation: David Colmer
Beafeart
der moat earne in boarstebegraafplak wêze
in lêste rêstplak foar ús memmen
susters en froulju harren ôfsnijde
teesekje 75c of dûbel d
in plak dêr’t se hinne kinne
at se lêst ha fan fantoompine
of genietsje fan fantoomgenot
en wy soannen broers en heiten stilstean kinne
net by it ferlies fan libben
mar fan in hap libben
in oarde dêr’t de boarsten wachtsje
op it wersjen mei de lea
dêr’t se by hearden
netsjes beferzen
balseme
of yn in minuskule urne
der moat earne in begraafplak wêze
foar de grutskens fan ús froulju
in einpunt
foar in beafeart fan molke
lust en fertriet
© Tsead Bruinja
From: Stofsûgersjongers / stofzuigerzangers (Afûk, 2013)