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Vlado Martek

Why do I need a family name?

Why do I need a family name?
To familiarise and not to have a family.
Why do I need poetry?
Summer stops me short, I’m everywhere.
Why do I need a family name,
a wallet full of pathetic agreements.
So pathetic are those who aspire.
And an institution for achievements – still so pathetic.

Why do I need a family name?

Što će mi prezime?
Da prezimim i da zimu nemam.
Što će mi poezija?
Ljeto me prekida, svugdje sam.
Što će mi prezime
Novčanik jadnih dogovora.
Kako su jadni oni stremeći.
Kako je ipak institucija ciljeva – jadna.
Vlado Martek

Vlado Martek

(Kroatië, 1951)

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Why do I need a family name?

Što će mi prezime?
Da prezimim i da zimu nemam.
Što će mi poezija?
Ljeto me prekida, svugdje sam.
Što će mi prezime
Novčanik jadnih dogovora.
Kako su jadni oni stremeći.
Kako je ipak institucija ciljeva – jadna.

Why do I need a family name?

Why do I need a family name?
To familiarise and not to have a family.
Why do I need poetry?
Summer stops me short, I’m everywhere.
Why do I need a family name,
a wallet full of pathetic agreements.
So pathetic are those who aspire.
And an institution for achievements – still so pathetic.
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