Jindřich Styrsky : poem + photo

I Built a Box
I built a box
Verdigris
Stalks
An aquarium, into it I threw Marie’s glove
To always have in my sight
The ruin
Dead verdigris
Dead stalks
And the broken handle of a parasol
Dead moons
Of moss
A celluloid nymph gone soft
Many strange creatures
Were not born in water
Photograph and text by Jindřich Štyrský
translated from Czech by Jed Slast
Forthcoming in Dreamverse from Twisted Spoon Press