Home
summer’s tongue licks
all our attempts
to build a homewe conjure rain
to show us where
foundations arewe pull out roots
collect brown leaves for the cellar
oranges for walls
yellow birds for windowswe are eternal tenants
waiting for winter
its fire scarfand winter is as late as the trains in Serbia
our feet are bare
our bodies are cold
asphalt
two skieswinter is our mother
old woman
slow walk
she has no choicebut to come
Dom
letnji jezik liže
sve naše pokušaje
da sagradimo domprizivamo kišu
da nam pokaže
temeljevadimo korenje
sakupljamo
braon lišće za podrum
narandže za zidove
žute ptice za prozorevečiti stanari
čekamo zimu
njene vatre šala zima kasni kao vozovi u Srbiji
žedne su nam ruke
noge bose
tela hladna
asfalt
dva nebazima je naša majka
starica je već
spor je njen hod
nema drugog izboranego da dođe
4 Self-translations by Danijela Trajković
By Danijela Trajković | 16 August 2019