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In my desolation

In my desolation
I am as duckweed:
Cut my roots and
Take me away-would the water do it,
I should go, I think.

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  • vieve
    September 18, 2007

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    I prefer other translations where 'water weed' is used instead of 'duckweed' - the connotation is better.

  • Bopa Nelly
    April 5, 2004
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    Cheers for that Gary


  • GaryCGibson
    February 14, 2004
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    A beautifully expressive poem.

    Soren Kierkeguard wrote that despair is the unwillingness to be one'sself. Ono's poem expresses that will to not be where she is, as she is, succintly.