So I stood by and watched

and you were unwinding

that endless bandage

with its bloody stains

brown rusty

grew bigger bigger

and flashed more often

you were weeping

so helplessly

so silently

so lonely

What could I do?

I stood and gazed

at that descending

growing cloud of gauze

It ended suddenly

        the end

               slipped off

        there was no wound

your skin was clear

Translated by the author