Hard Core Poem by Tomaž Šalamun

Hard Core



Yeah. It's only a matter
of environment if
I'm a genius.

A genius is
kohlrabi in a turnip in
kale in

cellophane
in the freezer.
In

files they descend on
the white skin and
converge in the corner's

follicles.
The ants are illuminated.
Basta.

TRANSLATED BY BRIAN HENRY

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