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Poetry

“I peel potatoes, stroke you on the head, pick up a leaf”

By Krystyna Milobedzka
Translated from Polish by Alissa Valles

I peel potatoes, stroke you on the head, pick up a leaf
off the ground, turn on the light, light a cigarette, grab
the doorknob, take out a tram ticket

don’t be in such a rush, you’re graying too fast

run run, as much is yours as stabs in the chest

 

English

I peel potatoes, stroke you on the head, pick up a leaf
off the ground, turn on the light, light a cigarette, grab
the doorknob, take out a tram ticket

don’t be in such a rush, you’re graying too fast

run run, as much is yours as stabs in the chest

 

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