Voile

le désir voilé
rendu concret
en un objet
apparaît devant,
devient la scène
au-delà de la toile.

a veiled desire
made concrete
in an object
appearing before,
becoming the scene
beyond the canvas.

Maybe we translate
la toile as “the cloth”,
transfigure a painting
into a woman
shedding layers.

as things fall away
into nothing, wind
without a curtain,

who will                  ?