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Ewa Lipska
PET SHOPS
Pet shops.The internment camp
from my childhood.
Guinea pigs. Parrots. Canaries.
The sickly scent of captivity.
Sawdust of events.
At home I spat out depression.
Antigone the cat didn’t show up any more.
A mousetrap from Verdun
and then all the way to Auschwitz.
I didn’t know how it would end
when I signed up for life.
A volunteer.
© Translation: 2009, Robin Davidson & Ewa Elżbieta Nowakowska
From: The New Century
Publisher: Northwestern University Press, , 2009
From: The New Century
Publisher: Northwestern University Press, , 2009
DIERENWINKELS
Dierenwinkels.Interneringskamp
uit mijn kindertijd.
Cavias. Papegaaien. Kanaries.
Ziekelijk geur van onvrijheid.
Zaagsel van gebeurtenissen.
Thuis spuugde ik de depressie uit.
De poes Antigone liet zich niet meer zien.
Muizenvallen onder Verdun
en daarna het vervolg helemaal tot aan Auschwitz.
Ik wist niet waarmee dat zou eindigen
toen ik me aanmeldde bij het leven.
Als vrijwilliger.
© Vertaling: 2010, Ad van Rijsewijk
SKLEPY ZOOLOGICZNE
Sklepy zoologiczne. Obóz internowanychz mojego dzieciństwa.
Świnki morskie. Papugi. Kanarki.
Chorowity zapach niewoli.
Trociny wydarzeń.
W domu wypluwałam depresję.
Kotka Antygona nie pokazała się więcej.
Łapki na myszy spod Verdun
i potem ciąg dalszy aż do Auschwitz.
Nie wiedziałam czym się to skończy
kiedy zgłaszałam się do życia.
Na ochotnika.
© 2001, Ewa Lipska
From: Sklepy Zoologyczne
Publisher: Wydawnictwo Literackie, Krakow
From: Sklepy Zoologyczne
Publisher: Wydawnictwo Literackie, Krakow
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PET SHOPS
Pet shops.The internment camp
from my childhood.
Guinea pigs. Parrots. Canaries.
The sickly scent of captivity.
Sawdust of events.
At home I spat out depression.
Antigone the cat didn’t show up any more.
A mousetrap from Verdun
and then all the way to Auschwitz.
I didn’t know how it would end
when I signed up for life.
A volunteer.
© 2009, Robin Davidson & Ewa Elżbieta Nowakowska
From: The New Century
Publisher: 2009, Northwestern University Press, Krakow
From: The New Century
Publisher: 2009, Northwestern University Press, Krakow
PET SHOPS
Pet shops.The internment camp
from my childhood.
Guinea pigs. Parrots. Canaries.
The sickly scent of captivity.
Sawdust of events.
At home I spat out depression.
Antigone the cat didn’t show up any more.
A mousetrap from Verdun
and then all the way to Auschwitz.
I didn’t know how it would end
when I signed up for life.
A volunteer.
© 2009, Robin Davidson & Ewa Elżbieta Nowakowska
From: The New Century
Publisher: 2009, Northwestern University Press,
From: The New Century
Publisher: 2009, Northwestern University Press,
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