Ivo Antich
TRIO
(triptych)
COMMANDO
he came from the
land of the rising suns
with black flags in the eyes
he came from the land of hard silence
to the land of rattling bazaars
dumb machine-gun from the tower
screamy calls to
prayer
SHEPHERD
he broke
the light
the dusk vomits
a dazzling jet
wrapped in wool
he shivers from fever
ASSASSIN
he stood up
and struck
blood burst
out of the hole
then he again
laid down in the dark
Translated from Slovenian by author