The Baby Carriage
and
Sleep-Sheep
by Asbjorn Lonvig, artist
Translation by Ann Watson, Boca Raton, Florida
This baby carriage has been placed at Piazza della Rotondo in Rome.
The baby doesn't cry.
Not a sound.
In 1950 Pablo Picasso made the She-Goat in bronze.
She passed by and looked into the baby carriage.
The She-Goat laughed.
What might be in the baby carriage when it was not a baby?
Might it be one of the happy ghosts from the
huge Pantheon Church?
No, they could not stay that calm.
A Bedouin from Arabia
was sure it was a snake.
The Bedouin's camel and dromedary
talked about it, and they were sure
it was a snake, too.
However, a snake would have made some noise.
Rattling or so.
The Bedouin took a closer look.
A pair of legs?
He laughed.
A pair of sheep-legs.
Sleep-Sheep put on his coat.
