A translation of Emile Nelligan’s Rêve d'une nuit d'hôpital (for Shane Neilson)

Wearing the white of her paintings, sublime
Cecile is seen by the Saint, her head haloed --
and Jesus, Mary and Joseph...

For Sun Ra

The bandleader seeks the sound of duos: call, response.
Lovers bicker back and forth in angelic proclamations.
This is the fight after the finish! Myth Versus Reality! The ideal
of lion versus...