I never promise you a rose garden

Une série de gravures sur granit d’Attia Bousba

Gravures sur granit, dimensions variables, NY 1990.

Paris and I

Are burning

Underneath

The aquatic dream

Of Sayville.

Your choice recalls

The gestures that remained

On the dunes

Where I lay my head

And read

The Final Exit Of The Day.

And as I celebrate now

Once again

Upon departing

The anniversary if my death

I’ll abandon my features on the sand

And I’ll leave

To rejoice over the imitation

Of my life elsewhere.

Photos : Daniel Rousselot