Lee Friedlander - Photographer

[From behind,

 standing, from a distance]

BY PATRIZIA CAVALLI

TRANSLATED BY GEOFFREY BROCK

From behind, standing, from a distance,

in passing, the taxi meter running,

I'd watch her, I'd watch her hair,

and what would I see? My stubborn theatre,

curtain won't fall, my always-open theatre . . .

Best to leave as soon as the show begins.

Source: Poetry (December 2007).