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Metin Önel Mengüşoğlu

(1947- …)

A Strange Reason For Living

I’m so lonely

If the clock strikes

Who is it?

When I miss

My aim

Living is just an excuse

To ease pain.

(Translated by Mevlut Ceylan, 101Poems by 101Poets An Anthology of Turkish Poetry)