Marilyn Dumont 의 시 두 편

 

동네 도서관 라운지에서,

거기 서가에 꽂혀 있던, Marilyn Dumont 의 시집

"A Really Good Brown Girl" (1969)을 읽어보다가

시 두 편을 베꼈다.

특히 "We are made of water"는 단순해 보이는데도

왠지 끌린다. 그래서 시다, 그게 시다, 라는 생각이 든다.

Marilyn Dumont 는 카나다 (인디안) 시인이다. 

(아래에서, 세 칸 띄어쓰기는 그만큼 띄어 읽으라는

뜻인 것 같다.) 

We Are Made Of Water

I have carried your pain   in metal buckets and

I still go for water   every so often

and that water   is so cold and hard

that it stings my hands,   its weight makes me feel

my arms will break   at the shoulders and yet

I go to that well   and drink from it   because

I am, as you,   made of water

Not Just A Platform For My Dance

this land is not

just a place to set my house my car my fence

this land is not

just a plot to bury my dead my seed

this land is

my tongue my eyes   my mouth

this headstrong grass and relenting willow

these flat-footed fields and applauding leaves

these frank winds and electric sky

are my prayer

they are my medicine

and they become my song

this land is not

just a platform for my dance