houses at dusk. on track of houses. out-of-the-way houses.
houses alongside beltways. houses on the edge of airports. houses
500 meters from the last gas station. houses on
the other side of the hill. houses nearby the mechanical
lighthouse. houses at the level of the freeway. 3 houses on the hill.
houses alongside the railway tracks. abandoned houses,
houses for sale. houses which do not allow to be talked about.
houses with gardens. houses with the scent of Ethiopia. houses
with the sound of sand. parental houses. the house of my brothers.
and the house of my sister. married house. divorced house.
the house of "mad Orlando". house of pleasure. the house
in which language strives with the wind of memory. the house
of crime. the house in which love was committed. the drunkard's
house. and the house of the lover. love house. a whore
house. a house with a derelict yard. a house with
poor children. house with summer and winter
vacations. the house of Chekhov and the house of Gogol. the house
in which Joseph sleeps. the house from which Egypt flees. the house
in front of which a beautiful woman spreads her wash. the secrets of the house.
the houses of secret.

the house - I will return, it remarks.
then a wild large white head emerges
and chases me from your doors. I run.

the house - we'll meet again, I say.
I've been put into the golden triangle of vrap~e,
stenjevac and popova~a, where grows the forgotten
plant of goodness.

the house - you'll still drink your poison.
the fieldworkers have discarded their blue blouses.
in a (1981) car I enter my home place like a drawing
out of a primer. only like this can women be old.
only like this can snow be white. only like this
can I think in a language which has left behind
all resemblances to me.

the house - which I will call by the names of my friends.
the house man. the woman house.
the house son the daughter house.
the house in the dangerous Sunday afternoon.
the house from which someone comes and yells to me: hey!

Translated by Stipe Grgas