© by Göran Sonnevi (b. 1939)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

I ask for this // That my eyes will see
Language: English  after the Swedish (Svenska) 
I ask for this                // That my eyes will see
the entire tabs of light
An impossible aurora borealis
That was the glimpse I saw
during the hypnagoga flow of the images
Although I know that they are worthless
if they do not have the invisible correlate
The totally utopian presence of reality,
                                     everywhere

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