Sunay Akın

" I used to drop my allowances
    into the street drains by the sidewalks
    thinking they were piggy banks
    That’s why I am mostly
    a creditor of the sea "
Sunay Akın

Creditor

" Istanbul is a city
    which rocks her child
    on a suspension bridge
    and the Maiden’s Tower
    is a bottle filled with milk
    held to the water to cool "
Sunay Akın

Lift

" Every afternoon
    the toy maker
    wipes the children’s handprints
    off the showcase... "
Sunay Akın

Child and Sorrow