translated by Daniela Petkova

Escape

Fireflies illuminated the sky,

like explosions of stars,

and we waited for the pain to go away –

two souls lost in words.

But nothing is what it is.

In the cocaine sea of the dusk

we were going back as if to Ithaca,

where our sky was waiting for us.

In Defiance of Everyone Else

Outside

The human race destroys

the human race,

While I lean against

the wooden bar, the old

barman refills my glass

and keeps

calling me “son”.

I stare at the faces

around me – beautiful

and gentle, like autumn leaves.

I know

that tonight the whole sadness

of the world is for everyone else.