photographie et texte au dos
Image: 18 x 27 cm
courtesy de l’artiste et galerie ChertLüdde, Berlin
I made you a photograph. Of the stars seen from eastern Colorado one night last October. From the site of Amache, the Japanese Internment Camp. I imagine my grandmother looking at them from this same spot, some 75 years ago.
Night falls on us
In the moon’s glow and the stars
Sleep my little angel
Your cradle is pretty like that
My little one
Wind from the coast is blowing at the door
Rocked by the sea’s song
Sleep my little angel
Then sweet dreams will come
My little one
Beautiful gulls flying
Silver fish swimming
Sleep my little angel
Boats coming and going very fast
My little one
Seeing you smiling
fills my heart with joy
Sleep my little angel
And my dreams will be beautiful too
My little one
Near you I will stay
And as you I will sleep
Sleep my little angel
Until the dawn is coming
My sweety
And my dreams will be beautiful too