Ana Pepelnik Poems

sometimes a ship appears where nobody
looks suspicious and everyone is normal.
well maybe a little bit frightened
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Suddenly the street empties.
That's the effect snow has. Today
it's falling down like curtains on a stage.
It brings some peace of its own and
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Over the dirt-infested city spreads
a thin veneer of ice. Ljubljana's
a marzipan-covered cake. If you wander
through a few alleyways even as dark
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I'm poking at a paper clip
with a finger. I dismantle it
to a thin wire
and a flower appears.
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Today the world gets on my nerves.
People are overstrained
like buds on a cherry tree.
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No wind. Just episodic shakes
of air released by a robin.
Right beside me. We left a whole week
of walking between blocks of flats behind us.
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