Translated Either As 'Experience' Or 'Suffering'
by Laura FargasIn the Agamemnon, wisdom comes dripping
like saline on a cancer ward.
Approaching what is merciless in us with mercy,
following pain back like a red thread toward its source.
Some say it's matter of noticing we're already inside.
Pathei mathos. Something teaches us. The moth at the lamp,
the lesson braided in the wick.from AN ANIMAL OF THE SIXTH DAY