ženske

by Tone Škrjanec

one še vedno spijo boli jih grlo ker so

prehlajene in želijo si še in še souvlakija

(in še enega prosim) stiska jih pri srcu

ko zapuščajo mesta ki jih imajo rade

(kot vse nas) njih včasih bolijo ledvica preklinjajo

in so tečne zelo jih boli ob njihovih

cikličnih mesečnih krvavitvah nikoli

nimajo pleše razigrane so in plešoče

grizejo si prste in ustnice imajo slabe

živce temnosivorjavo barvo kože poleti

nosijo japonke in šotor imajo zelo malo

denarja preklinjajo kot furmanski konji

pijejo ouzo da jih meče po tleh preganjajo

muhe z noge ubijajo komarje in rojevajo otroke.

Women

by Tone Škrjanec

they are still asleep their throats are sore because

they have a cold and they want more and more souvlaki

(and another one please) their hearts ache

when they leave places they love

(like all of ours) their kidneys sometimes hurt they swear

and they are grumpy it hurts them bad when they have

their monthly periods they never

go bald they are playful and dancing

biting their fingers and lips they have bad

nerves darkgreybrown color of skin in the summer

they wear flip-flops and a tent they have very

little money they swear like sailors

they drink ouzo until they roll on the floor they chase

off flies from their legs they kill mosquitoes and give birth. 

translated from Slovenian by Ana Pepelnik & Matthew Rohrer
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