| THE BEGINNING, AFTER EVERYTHING by Goran Simic After I buried my mother, running from the shelling of the graveyard; after soldiers returned my brother's body wrapped in a tarp; after I saw the fire reflected in the eyes of my children as they ran to the cellar among the dreadful rats; after I wiped with the dishtowel the blood from the face of an old woman, fearing I would recognize her; after I saw a hungry dog licking the blood of a man lying at a crossing: after everything, I would like to write poems which resemble newspaper reports, so bare and cold that I could forget them the very moment a stranger asks: Why do you write poems which resemble newspaper reports? From the book 'FROM SARAJEVO, WITH SORROW' Translated by AMELA SIMIC A THICK RED LINE for Fraser Sutherland by Goran Simic A lamb escaped from me and I sent the wolf to bring it back. Many such lambs loiter about the forest, and leave droppings where I like to watch the valley. I am afraid something might happen to the wolf. There are many fugitive lambs very few such faithful wolves. Years pass before you train them not to look you in the eyes but at your hands. I've read in an encyclopedia how many people were killed in Auschwitz. Like lambs. Later I read a book about the same camp but 308 victims were missing from the list. Between those two books my wolf treads in the deep snow and draws a thick red line with his tail, contentedly sniffing the air. The spring is coming again when the snow melts as fast as memory and lambs feel the urge to escape. |
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| Goran Simic, poet - main character of WHEN YOU DIE AS A CAT |