On Omnivores and Cannibals

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On Omnivores and Cannibals

On Omnivores and Cannibals


Sometimes, I would also remember the version which my sister told me: “It’s just your bear”. And, then again, I sometimes remember how everyone jumped to the windows to see the dead man’s body lying next to the bus, while my sister didn’t want me to see the corpse, so she told me it’s just my bear.

I don’t know what the truth is. What really happened? Did you ever tell me that I have a guardian bear?

One of them is right behind my back.

One of the creatures appeared behind the young man’s back. Like a shadow, coming out of nowhere. The young man is not turning around, even though he knows the end has come.

– Maybe it was me who made up my guardian bear. Maybe I have made up all of this. Still, it seems to me as if something is moving around these woods. I don’t mean the cannibals. They are already here.

No, I think I see a brown fur glistening in the rain and big muzzle beneath the mild kind eyes of my bear. I can see him artfully approaching in secret.

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1. Translator’s note: The Croatian name for the month of Julу, whereas July is the name of the month in Serbian, the presumed nationality of the main character.

AuthorMarko Dejanović
2018-12-13T12:14:10+00:00 November 10th, 2016|Categories: Prose, Literature, Blesok no. 110|0 Comments