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Funeral Dialogue
Your lips were wintry and damaged,
severe and dark.
Paler than a Goth,
your hand picked primes
and the sky was cluttered
with remainders.
You stared at me
in the marbled memories
and those mirrors in Alexandria
you broke, tormented
as you were,
by the ghost of mimesis.
You abolished all towers
and left vacant lots
where ancient women
gathered emptiness
for lost Modernists.
In your asymptotic dance
you demanded
infinite happiness.
Alexandre Amprimoz is a poet, critic,
translator, writer and programmer. He teaches Modern Languages, Literatures
and Cultures at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario Canada. Books
include: A Season For Birds: Selected poems by Pierre Morency. Translation.
Toronto: Exile Press, 1990; Venice At Her Mirror: Essay by Robert Marteau.
Translation. Toronto: Exile Press, 1990 ; Nostalgies de l'ange. Ottawa:
Editions du Vermillon, 1993. He has recently published poems in: Alsop
Review, Antigonish Review, Octavo, Dégaine ta rime, Résurrétion, Hélices
and LittéRéalité.
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