a convincing garden
through the main entrance, down the hallway
to the backdoor leading to
the garden
a very convincing garden
one can visit any time
usually you won’t find me there
usually you won’t find anybody there
(but you can always leave a message on the answering machine
or write a note)
you can sit on the bench beneath the window
eat without compulsion
and gaze
from the same bench
having a splendid view of the garden
garden resembling the atrium of the Franciscan monastery
(imaginably at Trsat where people confess at the Feast of the Assumption)
but this garden is a particularly vibrating one
plants having their special beat
at any time of day and night
pulsating with calm vigour and discreet energy
only ivy being more restless and fernery less fluttery
but not making the garden
less convincing
uvjerljiv vrt
kroz ulazna vrata, pa kroz hodnik do stražnjih
vrata kroz koja se ulazi u
vrt
vrlo uvjerljiv vrt
možeš doći kadgod poželiš
obično me nema tamo
obično nema ni drugih
(ali se ostavi sekretarica
ili napisana poruka)
i možeš sjesti na klupu ispod prozora
i možeš jesti na klupi ispod prozora
i možeš gledati
sve na klupi ispod prozora
otkud puca vidik na vrt
vrt izgleda kao atrij u franjevačkom samostanu
(recimo na Trsatu gdje ispovijedaju na Veliku Gospu)
samo što ima šetanje
šetanje biljaka
u svako doba dana i noći
one, biljke, mirno i nenametljivo šeću
jedino je bršljan nešto nemirinji, a paprat sporija
ali to ništa ne mijenja
na uvjerljivosti