how the first sparks became visible by Simone Atangana Bekono, trans. By David Colmer

A pamphlet of poems by Simone Atangana Bekono, translated from Dutch by David Colmer.

“My silhouette opened her mouth and said

‘I exist because your body exists

Cronus devouring his children

as bloodthirsty as Goya painted him

a body become unrecognisable

greedy and chaotic

not rooted in the earth’”