July 24, 2011 » Cveće kao jagode / Flowers Like Strawberries
Lives of a clipping, Unsorted | 2 Responses
This is strange. I just went for a walk with two awesome people: a friend I’ve had for quite a while and a new and a very interesting one. And we passed by an old man selling flowers. He literally threw himself in my face, persuing me to buy a bonnet. His explanation was that flowers are like strawberries. Minutes later, we stumbled upon a very stupid ad for a bank, featuring a hamster. The rest just got mixed up, it’s a whirlpool of things we’ve been mentioning throughout the night. I ended up writing it all on a McDonald’s
July 23, 2011 » Berbazupčanika / Cogsforaging
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I’m not sure what is this. The last poem I wrote in the first half of 2011 had a bicycle in it and I didn’t know why. Since then, they’ve grown mechanical, though there’s absolutely nothing mechanical about this month. In fact, the first half of 2011 could’ve been described as mechanical in many aspects.
Berbazupčanika
A da poberem zupčanike sa svog sirotog drveta,
dok još nisu sazreli i počeli da me lupaju po glavi?
Ima da ih gazim, u ritmu koji ne umem da pratim.
To je sve što ću ikad biti – ona što beži.
A da sačekam da ti nesrećni zupčanici sazru i
July 20, 2011 » Nikako bez šećera! / Absolutely Not Sugar-Free!
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We all have tough times growing up. If your growing up is somewhat belated, perhaps you’ll end up being pulled out of some childhood stereotypes by someone who’s in their 30s. Perhaps they’ll be right about some things and horribly wrong about some others, due to having double standards. They might go as far as to censor your emotional outbursts in public places, which is right, but a torture at the same time. They might give you instructions on how to behave around a specific person. They might be paranoid every now and then.
This is for someone of such kind.
July 19, 2011 » Osvetli moje mostove / Light My bridges /Illumina i miei ponti
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Osvetli moje mostove
Birajući jata svitaca,
umesto bisera
da osvetlim svoje mostove;
delujem
groteskno, a ne suptilno.
Osvetli moje mostove…hoćeš li?
Birajući jata reči,
umesto mesa
da nacrtam svoju sliku;
delujem
agresivno, a ne istinski.
Nacrtaj mi sliku…hoćeš li?
Birajući jato pravog
umesto škole sad-odmah;
delujem
kao idiot, a ne idealista.
Dođi…hoćeš li?
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Light My Bridges
Choosing schools of fireflies,
Instead of pearls
To light my bridges;
I come accross as
Grotesque, not subtle.
Light my bridges…would you?
Choosing schools of words,
Instead of flesh
To draw my picture;
I come across as
Aggressive, not genuine.
Draw my picture…would you?
Choosing school of right,
Instead of school of right-now;
I come across as
An idiot and not an idealist.
Come around…would you?
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Illumina i miei ponti
Scegliendo i stormi delle lucciole
invece di perle
per illuminare i miei ponti;
io
July 18, 2011 » Blatobrani su mi se uspavali / My Splashboards Have Fallen Asleep
Lives of a clipping, Wrong Star | Respond
Haven’t been to Nowhereland in quite a while. To my understanding, the real-life Nowhereland is currently off limits to mere mortals. It was good while it lasted, I guess. So, Ana is revisiting January Black after having spent some time wondering what the Little Bad Wolf and everyone else are doing. She ends up not telling him anything and once again, taking pride in…what exactly?
The additional punctuation is there to make the entire thing even more confusing; so is denying of both sides of the spectrum.
Blatobrani su mi se uspavali
Sedim ovde, zaspala sam od dosade u Pravomgradu,
imao si jednu odande;
July 17, 2011 » Masni vetrovi / Greasy Winds
Forever Nine, Lives of a clipping | Respond
Masni vetrovi
Neka vetrovi budu masni,
neka vetrovi budu hladni,
neka bude dosadnije nego ikad.
Prekriveno je mašću,
moralni je striptiz,
neka se penje
Ali šta oni tu mogu,
kad je on zaljubljen u svoj um?
Ali šta oni tu mogu,
kad je njemu lepo u sopstvenoj glavi?
A ja, neću ništa da popijem.
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Greasy Winds
May the winds be bold,
May the winds be cold,
May it be as boring as it could be.
It’s covered in grease,
It’s a moral striptease,
May it go as up as the eye can see.
But what can they do,
When he’s in love with his mind?
But what can they do,
When he’s comfortable in his own head?
And me, I won’t take anything.
July 15, 2011 » Džukac / Mutt
Forever Nine, Lives of a clipping | Respond
Džukac
Ja sam tvoj džukac,
ti si Anin džukac,
bar tako kažu neki čudaci.
Kad sam bila mala,
mislila sam,
kad porastem
biću Ana
i bićeš moj džukac.
Izem ti mene,
veselo lajuckam,
u poslednje vreme i kad digneš nekom rep.
Čudan sam ti ja džukac!
Hoću da budem nečiji džukac.
Ne znam da čitam.
Nemam pojma šta mi piše na ogrlici,
znam samo da ne piše da sam tvoj džukac.
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Mutt
I’m your mutt,
You’re Ana’s mutt,
At least that’s what some say.
When I was little,
I thought,
When I grow up,
I’ll be Ana
And you’ll be my mutt.
So much for me,
I’m barking happily,
Lately even when you lift some tail.
I’m such a strange mutt.
I want to be someone’s mutt.
I cannot read.
I have
July 12, 2011 » Gama beba / Gamma Baby
Lives of a clipping, Unsorted | 1 Response
This is really brutal. I started writing it early in April when I was super-angry and then I felt ashamed that I wrote something as evil as that. Eventually, the mythological half of it will be kept for something from Wrong Star, as it’s too good to be right here, right now.
As of the moment when the second half of 2011 started sprouting – I don’t care. In fact, I decided to combine this poem with a couple of others on the same subject and make a mini-series. I might even PDF them.
Despite the grotesque violence that I’m about to
July 11, 2011 » Lišće / Leaves
Lives of a clipping, Pre-2010 work | Respond
Before Wrong Star et cetera, I used to be more subtle. I’m glad I no longer am that way, at least not when it comes to writing, as I really do prefer it sharp. This was written in August 2006 and it’s probably visionary in some way…or a pure, pure coincidence. It probably has something to do with January Black. Later on, this poem inspired Ne drmusaj drvo / Stop Shaking The Tree.
Lišće
Pre nego što je pao poslednji list,
pokupio si opalo lišće na hrpu,
i poslednjim atomima snage
poceo da ga bacaš u vis.
Reci mi,
ukoliko treseš drvo,
kako je moguce da misliš
da lišće



