Sonja Manojlović

1948 / Zagreb

A Decision by Watching

Not a woman, not a child, a happy beast
in a shallow wood, I lie in a shop-window
turning the city with my feet
so I went to see
to hear a bullet, a scream of food
as if I would hunt, catch up with, eat
biting by the neck
No
Not today, not tomorrow or ever

Translated by Miljenko Kovačićek
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