to lie, why not. after all words are
arbitrary; words that are not things,
words that are not words. to lie, why not
to put it in words. i rise and approach the table: i did not rise,
i did not approach the table. the switch on the radio
cannot pop out: if it is pressed, then it can.

words and words, to lie and not-lie. why shouldn't i
lie? why shouldn't i utter any word
that presently occupies me though i don't consider it -
for utterance - quite decidedly i don't consider. why:
to speak (i do not want to say) and speak but not to
speak. "speak" in all three cases is a lie.

to lie, why not lie. i started to utter
and i'd already lied: the past tense is not the present.
the present is the past. words are not words. words
are words. to lie, why not? i set my lips
as if i'd say: attic. i didn't say it, the lips were
betrayed: to lie, why not, to lie words,

string words in a lie. switch them. spit,
bluffing tenderness. words are not words.
bastard lips, oral cavity smoke, sediment
of chattering memory: words (to lie, why not?)
to turn from the tongue to the teeth, from the teeth to the gums,
then into the gyre: to lie, why not?

Translation: Ellen Elias - Bursac