(rib)

I’d like to donate a rib
to an anatomy workshop.
There one finds the giant hearts of butchers and lovers,
the sagging and bloated lungs of smokers,
trumpeters and glass-blowers,
the melancholy innards of drunks,
a tattooed order of a hero (right above the nipple)
and the hands of the last executioner
after the twelfth sentence…
Not another word about the rest of the [...]

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Glory To The Camels

From Songs For the Dead Rooster

We made such an excellent couple
that we would have been perfect for a TV commercial.
For example:

He is sitting at the bar counter.
She is a few stools away.
She starts looking through her purse.
He offers in an outstretched hand
an open pack of cigarettes.
At the very same moment She finally [...]

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Guess Who Was My Guest

From Songs For the Dead Rooster

Having hung on the door the triangular sign
with the words Do not disturb please
the hotel thief
locks himself in my room.
He is interested in money and valuables.
So am I, actually.

It turns out in this country they also
have thieves.
One of them at this very moment is perusing the [...]

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