Ewa Lipska

Can Always Happen

Ewa Lipska

Translated from the Polish by Aga Gabor da Silva

Corrosive timescan always happen. Forever youngold servant of morality.Catches trout with bare hands.A slippery salacious sin.You can always becomea worse breed of pigeons.A traitor to the motherland.But motherland stays awayfrom politics. She's a bookkeeper of centuries.She adds up. Subtracts. Takes notes.Contract expirationis out of the question.You can run away from her. Leave.Like our friend did.Longing ate awayholes in his lungs.When he came back to his countryhe moved into an urn.

Feature Date

• August 4, 2021

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English Translation Copyright © 2021 by Aga Gabor da Silva.
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