The Cave

There are rumors

going round the cave,

that I called you,

that you answered. 

Our words might have met

or keep looking for each other endlessly,

we can't remember the question

nor the answer.

We released some screams

into the universe, 

words prowl around 

lurking in the darkness, 

blend among bats with the holes 

in the stone, in the water,

the noise grows and grows,

let's see what comes out.

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Marin Sorescu was a Romanian poet and playwright twice nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He published over twenty books of poetry. For more information, see fundatiamarinsorescu.eu/en.

Daniel Carden Nemo’s work has appeared in RHINO, Full Stop, Magma Poetry, Off the Coast, Dream Catcher, Brazos River Review, and elsewhere. He is the founder and editor of Amsterdam Review. For more information, see www.danielnemo.com.