Better, issue two: Tomaz Salamun

Tomaž Šalamun: Girlie

Girlie

translated from the Slovenian by
Michael Thomas Taren and the author

Girlie!
Come out, girlie!
Hey, girlie, peep through with your head!
A strange wind starts to blow,
pieces of glass are glued to the grass.
Apricots roll toward the sidewalk.
The earth grinds under the fillings
and the belly of the earth is the dirty oil of cigars.

Tomaž Šalamun lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and recently taught at the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas. His recent books translated into English are Woods and Chalices, Poker, There’s the Hand and There’s the Arid Chair, The Blue Tower and On the Tracks of Wild Game.

Michael Thomas Taren’s poems have been published in HTMLGIANT, The Claudius App, and Fence, and are forthcoming in Bestoned. His manuscripts Puberty and Where is Michael were finalists for the Fence Modern Poets Series in 2009 and 2010, respectively.

Tomaž Šalamun: Girlie

Girlie

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