National Poetry Month
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brigdhLuck in Sarajevo by Izet Sarajlić, translation by Charles Simic
In Sarajevo
in the spring of 1992,
everything is possible:
you go to stand in a bread line
and end up in an emergency room
with your leg amputated.
Afterwards, you still maintain
that you were very lucky.
In Sarajevo
in the spring of 1992,
everything is possible:
you go to stand in a bread line
and end up in an emergency room
with your leg amputated.
Afterwards, you still maintain
that you were very lucky.
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Date: 2014-04-06 11:51 pm (UTC)Well, that escalated quickly.Very poignant poem.no subject
Date: 2014-04-07 03:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-04-09 01:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-04-09 01:24 am (UTC)