WHAT DO YOU DO IN CASE OF FIRE

an old man descends by car
down the summer island roads and
all’s there: the sea and dust,
sun and salt, he tirelessly
floats and the invisible megaphone
fills the glowing heat with cheap
Maltese songs, he
descends the island
at one speed
I am Lawrence of Arabia
– but what disturbs this
bright picture while it lasts
and where did the sweat come from
underneath the white shirt

WHAT DO YOU DO IN CASE OF FIRE

WHAT DO YOU DO IN CASE OF FIRE

jedan se starac spušta autom
niz ljetne ceste otoka i
sve je tu: more i prašina,
sunce i sol, on neumorno
plovi i nevidljivi megafon
ispunja jaru jeftinom
malteškom pjesmom, on 
se spušta niz otok
u jednoj brzini
I am Lawrence of Arabia
– ali što ometa tu
vedru sliku u trajanju
i otkud znoj ispod
bijele košulje