Yücel Kayıran

May 9, 2023 | thebaffler.com | Christos Ikonomou |Yücel Kayıran

the ladder rising to the sky(after the soil seethes upthis is not Jacob’s ladderMount Ahır, Engizek . . . Öksüz . . . Berit . . . Zeytun Springs . . . Blood River Bridge . . . Yeşilgöz Gorgefrom the deep comes the resolve of the upsurgein the beginning the earth must be flatangels return from the cloudsdown below, humid sleep, divine silencedown below, no ladders, no ladders . . . Death withoutthe Angel of Death converted to money’s dust heredawn deferred . . . daylight dimmed, like a vigil . . .