the deep certainty of anger

And then sometimes from time to time . . .  

like a block of granite 

silence 

no tremor 

no voice 

no hand 

only the deep certainty of anger 

and anguish 

that coldness in the chest 

and then sometimes 

from time to time 

that gaze, infinitely sad, 

where nostalgia comes from 

brutal 

the cry 

that never falls asleep 

 

[Marie-Célie Agnant {1953- }, 'And then sometimes from time to time . . . ' from Et puis parfois quelquefois]