DEPARTURE(OBSESSED SERENITY) VASKO POPA

I am not here anymore

I didn't move elsewhere

But anymore I am not here

Let's them go in

Let's them peek and search.

A watermill grinds in the shadows

Of mature, emptied ribs

Dog-ends, cheap dreams smoke

In the ashtrays

I am not here anymore

A tethered boat sways

On the red waves

A couple of words immature

Hang in the cloudy throat

I am not here anymore

I didn't move elsewhere

But am already faraway

Hard will be to reach me

ODLAZAK

(opsednuta vedrina)

Nisam više tu S mesta se nisam pomerio Ali tu više nisam Neka uđu Neka pregledaju neka pretraže Vodenica u senci rebara Zrelu prazninu melje Opušci jevtinih snova U pepeljari se dime Nisam više tu Privezan čamac njiše se Na crvenim talasima Par nedozrelih reči U oblačnom grlu visi Nisam više tu S mesta se nisam pomerio Ali sam već daleko Teško da će me stići

VASKO POPA(1922-1991)