Give me back my rags <br /> <br />My rags of pure dreaming <br />Of silk smiling of striped foreboding <br />Of my cloth of lace <br /> <br />My rags of spotted hope <br />Of burnished desire of chequered glances <br />Of skin from my face <br /> <br />Give me back my rags <br />Give me when I ask you nicely <br /> <br /> <br />Trans. by Anne Pennington <br /> <br />Anonymous submission.<br /><br />Vasko Popa<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/give-me-back-my-rags-1/
