The Rise of the Zebra
Translated By Tomaž Šalamun & Michael Thomas Taren
The rise of the zebra hurts the zebra.
As if she would breathe fire.
If we put natural gold and the black blue into
the loaf of bread it bursts.
Find and shove,
open and wound.
The oars when kneaded in and then stretched,
row.
How they bump into wheat
on the white surface again.
Mašenka!
There are three corpses in Gravel Cave.
One keeps silent.
One snowballs.
One conceals.
Source: Poetry (May 2014)