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In Silence
If you carry a thing unspoken,
a thing that weighs on you and pains you,
bury it in deep silence;
the silence itself will speak it.
Aco Šopov, The Long Coming of the Fire, Deep Vellum, 2023.
Translated by Christina E. Kramer and Rawley Grau
Listen to the poem performed in Macedonian by
Sofija Gogova-Vrčakovska and Zorica Georgievska