Poem
Vlado Bulić
003
a formerwarrior, adventurer and a convict
Mate U.
won himself
a job
in a local butcher’s shop.
he slaughters for coins
and always takes a bottle of brandy with him.
he takes a sip or two.
brings in a bull.
chains it,
to the right wall
and to the left wall.
fixes it with his eyes.
raises a steel hammer (the bull does not stand a chance)
and the hits it with all his might and main between the horns.
the bull kneels.
Mate hits it one more time.
the bull collapses.
Mate goes on:
“You”
TUP!
“ugly”
TUP!
“Chetnik”
TUP!
“motherfucker!”
TUP!
he wipes his sweat.
takes a knife.
takes another sip
and cuts the dead bull’s throat.
the blood gushes out
like water from a fire hose.
he takes the bottle.
sits down on the dead bull’s shoulder.
drinks
and watches blood flowing down the drains.
© Translation: 2006, Tomislav Kuzmanović
*Mate is a common first name in Croatia
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bivširatnik, pustolov i pržinar
Mate U.
izborio se
za posao
u lokalnoj mesnici.
kolje za sitne pare
i nosi bocu rakije sa sobom.
potegne gutljaj-dva.
dovede bika.
zaveže ga s dva lanca,
za desni zid
i lijevi zid.
fiksira ga pogledom.
digne čelični bat (bik nema šanse)
i udari ga svom snagom između rogova.
bik klekne.
Mate ga udari još jednom.
bik se izvali.
Mate nastavi:
“Jebem ti”
TUP!
“mater”
TUP!
“četničku”
TUP!
“u pičku!”
TUP!
obriše znoj.
uzme nož.
otpije još gutljaj
i mrtvom biku prereže grkljan.
krv šprica kao
iz vatrogasnog šmrka.
uzme bocu.
sjedne mrtvom biku na plećku.
pije
i gleda krv kako otječe u kanalizaciju.
© 2000, Vlado Bulić
From: 100 komada
Publisher: SC Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb
From: 100 komada
Publisher: SC Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb
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a formerwarrior, adventurer and a convict
Mate U.
won himself
a job
in a local butcher’s shop.
he slaughters for coins
and always takes a bottle of brandy with him.
he takes a sip or two.
brings in a bull.
chains it,
to the right wall
and to the left wall.
fixes it with his eyes.
raises a steel hammer (the bull does not stand a chance)
and the hits it with all his might and main between the horns.
the bull kneels.
Mate hits it one more time.
the bull collapses.
Mate goes on:
“You”
TUP!
“ugly”
TUP!
“Chetnik”
TUP!
“motherfucker!”
TUP!
he wipes his sweat.
takes a knife.
takes another sip
and cuts the dead bull’s throat.
the blood gushes out
like water from a fire hose.
he takes the bottle.
sits down on the dead bull’s shoulder.
drinks
and watches blood flowing down the drains.
© 2006, Tomislav Kuzmanović
From: 100 komada
From: 100 komada
003
a formerwarrior, adventurer and a convict
Mate U.
won himself
a job
in a local butcher’s shop.
he slaughters for coins
and always takes a bottle of brandy with him.
he takes a sip or two.
brings in a bull.
chains it,
to the right wall
and to the left wall.
fixes it with his eyes.
raises a steel hammer (the bull does not stand a chance)
and the hits it with all his might and main between the horns.
the bull kneels.
Mate hits it one more time.
the bull collapses.
Mate goes on:
“You”
TUP!
“ugly”
TUP!
“Chetnik”
TUP!
“motherfucker!”
TUP!
he wipes his sweat.
takes a knife.
takes another sip
and cuts the dead bull’s throat.
the blood gushes out
like water from a fire hose.
he takes the bottle.
sits down on the dead bull’s shoulder.
drinks
and watches blood flowing down the drains.
© 2006, Tomislav Kuzmanović
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