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Poem

Zvonko Maković

box

i speak to a box: you are a nice box
you have 6 sides and i can play with you
you are a silent box while you rest
in the kitchen cabinet
you are a sharp-edged box when i run
fingers along your edges
you are a paper box if your
sides are of paper

i speak to the box: you are my box
and you are not my box
you have smooth and rough sides
you have 12 edges you are an octagonal box
you are a moist box and you are a dry box

i speak to the box: you are like the world
because the world is built of boxes
you are a planet because the planet is in a box
i speak to the box: i am a box

Kutija

Kutija

govorim kutiji: ti si lijepa kutija
ti imaš 6 stranica i mogu se tobom igrati
ti si šutljiva kutija dok pocivaš
u kuhinjskom kredencu
ti si oštrobrida kutija kada povlacim
prste po tvojim rubovima
ti si papirnata kutija ako su ti
stranice od papira

govorim kutiji: ti si moja kutija
i ti nisi moja kutija
ti imaš glatke i hrapave stranice
ti imaš 12 bridova ti si osmerokutna kutija
ti si vlažna kutija i ti si suha kutija

govorim kutiji: ti si nalik svijetu
jer je svijet izgraden od kutija
ti si planeta jer planeta je u kutiji
govorim kutiji: ja sam kutija
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box

i speak to a box: you are a nice box
you have 6 sides and i can play with you
you are a silent box while you rest
in the kitchen cabinet
you are a sharp-edged box when i run
fingers along your edges
you are a paper box if your
sides are of paper

i speak to the box: you are my box
and you are not my box
you have smooth and rough sides
you have 12 edges you are an octagonal box
you are a moist box and you are a dry box

i speak to the box: you are like the world
because the world is built of boxes
you are a planet because the planet is in a box
i speak to the box: i am a box

box

i speak to a box: you are a nice box
you have 6 sides and i can play with you
you are a silent box while you rest
in the kitchen cabinet
you are a sharp-edged box when i run
fingers along your edges
you are a paper box if your
sides are of paper

i speak to the box: you are my box
and you are not my box
you have smooth and rough sides
you have 12 edges you are an octagonal box
you are a moist box and you are a dry box

i speak to the box: you are like the world
because the world is built of boxes
you are a planet because the planet is in a box
i speak to the box: i am a box
Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Ludo Pieters Gastschrijver Fonds
Lira fonds
Partners
LantarenVenster – Verhalenhuis Belvédère