Did your father ever die?
Mine died once. I went blind
He has been washed up.
got and taken away
I never expect this from my father
I became blind
Did you ever go to a hammam?
One of the lights went off when I was there
One of my eyes went off I went blind
There was a round shaped sky on top
It was blue all over I became blind
The stones the hammam stones
The stones were so bright like a mirror
I saw half of my face in the stones
It was like something like something bad
I wouldn’t expect this from my face
I became blind
Did you ever cry when you were soapy?
Cemal Süreya, 1958
Poem also appears in Ezel television series,
