{"id":1947,"date":"2018-10-05T00:19:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T22:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slovokult-literatur.de\/?page_id=1947"},"modified":"2018-10-05T01:45:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T23:45:15","slug":"all-the-best-poems-talk-about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.slovokult-literatur.de\/index.php\/lyrik\/zvonko-karanovic\/english\/all-the-best-poems-talk-about\/","title":{"rendered":"ALL THE BEST POEMS\u00a0TALK ABOUT…"},"content":{"rendered":"

::Zvonko Karanovi\u0107::<\/a><\/h4>\n

ALL THE BEST POEMS\u00a0TALK ABOUT<\/p>\n

LONGING AND GLASS AND FAST CARS<\/p>\n

AND OTHER FRAGILE THINGS<\/p>\n

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You and I sleep under glass and let the caravans pass<\/p>\n

by our frozen fingers we send absent friends phone signals<\/p>\n

to color the sea on the postcard that says:<\/p>\n

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The Russians are in orbit<\/p>\n

tea biscuits on the table<\/p>\n

in baby food they found metal<\/p>\n

shavings and everything stays the same, same, same…<\/p>\n

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and then we talk about the moon<\/p>\n

and bark at the TV screen<\/p>\n

late into the night<\/p>\n

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a new day breaks<\/p>\n

young and strong<\/p>\n

gnawers of the mammoth bone<\/p>\n

head into a better tomorrow<\/p>\n

and you’d much rather<\/p>\n

veins slit<\/p>\n

go to sleep<\/p>\n

in a bathtub full of warm water<\/p>\n

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life is full of bad options<\/p>\n

you found that out<\/p>\n

while you looked through<\/p>\n

the dirty window of your sublet<\/p>\n

at poplars dancing in the wind<\/p>\n

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love is the privilege of the poor<\/p>\n

love’s the nanny of the female heart<\/p>\n

and that’s why all the best poems<\/p>\n

don’t talk of love<\/p>\n

and all you want to know is<\/p>\n

where your life has gone a<\/p>\n

nd why you spent ten years<\/p>\n

with the man you now hate<\/p>\n

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you and I sleep under glass<\/p>\n

and see trains off<\/p>\n

into the blackest night<\/p>\n

we wave white squares<\/p>\n

press our cheeks<\/p>\n

to the tracks and let<\/p>\n

our tears freeze once again<\/p>\n

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I was on my way down into the city’s bowels<\/p>\n

when you said<\/p>\n

you’re rushing into old age<\/p>\n

and I’m not ready for that yet<\/p>\n

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I want to take you somewhere<\/p>\n

where there’s more light<\/p>\n

and people<\/p>\n

are happier<\/p>\n

but I just flip the record<\/p>\n

the plastic crackles in the shaded room<\/p>\n

electricity<\/p>\n

electricity<\/p>\n

electricity<\/p>\n

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::English Translation::\u00a0Ana Bozicevic::<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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