They always start with the
cellar
and thorough lamb slaughtering.
they feed the cement with water
they feed the anaemic concrete
with iron.
they pray to Lord not to rain
during their lunch break.
they put glasses to short-sighted
walls
they comfort the cold rooms with chimneys
and in the end they roast tiles for refreshment
they make winter supplies they distil brandy
they call the names of streets
for a drink
and they get smashed to forget
their debts
and then with their craft fresh they go
to work abroad
and they start in the cellar again
they return the debts but they don’t
return
and when some of their family at home
asks them for their empty house – for a while
they are serious when they say that they wait
for the lacquered floor to dry
and that they expect to come back any moment