Adnana Zeljkovic

Never have I seen
sadder eyes than Laika’s,
never so lost a look!
Paddling with her soft paws
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Like two oranges
walking in the park,
cleaners,
among the lively pigeons,
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I opened the door
and saw my mother:
there she was,
in the middle of the room, standing,
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I should turn my back on them,
those behind untransparent window seals
of office buildings,
them, the invisibles,
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It’s a cat and mouse play
between you and me,
you scoundrel,
you bird of prey,
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A man and a woman
lie close to each other
like a pale crescent.
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Be an angel

Do not step on a man,
it hurts,
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Leaves auburn burn in autumn sunlight -
all forest ablaze.
What a magnificant maze is life
before winter comes, in black and white,
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Sometimes I go to distant places,
as far as the city bus reaches,
finding myself in spooky suburbs,
immersed in pitch black night,
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Snow snows
wind blows
like snowflakes
our souls,
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I X-rayed my life:
Thirty years together
(a life-span in Africa) ,
spent in the kitchen.
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There are so many trees in poetry,
so many birds
and so much love,
the world is almost Heaven -
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Cannot stand
long poems.
What’s to write
about long?
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It’s a long way
across the desert
to the pyramids,
where pharaoh sleeps,
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All this sunshine
on the green hill
with yellow flowery spots
and blue yonder
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Two places you made inseparable:
Tate Gallery, where we met
and Hyde Park, where we kissed.
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In a frenzy
of swishing washing crushing
sounds of the waves,
tempted by the cries of seagulls
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As I was taking your clothes
out of our maiden wardrobe,
this dress is yours, so are the socks,
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I discarded many words
I don’t need any more,
like old clothes.
So the things, names,
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While April spell-spills
its cold rains
upon our lost and dismal,
ever sleeping heads,
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