Surrendering (Selected poems)

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Surrendering (Selected poems)

The mystery of the heart
Death in a grip
Introduction to kinds of staying
Another kind
The secret chord (guitar)
Bebop hypnosis
Hand over mouth


The mystery of the heart

I keep a diary of hunger because I met you. Deathly hunger it is, and it comes immediately before the spiritual hunger that usually accompanies it. I felt the same way while watching some bodies with tears in my eyes and saliva in my mouth. I need no answers, I am content with the questions themselves, and examine the scream. A sacrifice made does not guarantee the spell invoked. Chicken’s foot is on your doorstep after all. Your desire is smeared. I choose you as the next ritual doll. You have no right to appeal this decision. Nor there is a manual that will prepare you for what comes next.

Who, because is lonely?

Who, because is mirrored?

Who, by his wife’s message?

Who, because the hand moves by itself?




The mystery of the heart

The penal battalion of your party burned my house and sent my family to three different concentration camps. I got away quite by accident. But I say this in vain because I know that I am unable to defend myself. You come – whenever a new opportunity has an odor of promises and attracts desires. You do not look at the clock, you do not care about anyone. There is nothing stopping you. You always knew that my time belonged to you. I tried to get rid of you in foolhardy ways. So I once reported you to your party’s secret service, attributing my socialist ideas to you. I ruined all your chances of promotion and all your reputation among the black shirts. Your blue eyes have never been bluer. After that, I just loved you even more. But all this stopped mattering to you the moment you got tired and your chest left the mystery of the heart. This – now and here – is the perfect opportunity for you to get out of my lyrics. The next page of this book can manage without you.

AuthorMehmed Begić
2023-03-17T04:54:26+00:00 March 12th, 2023|Categories: Poetry, Literature, Blesok no. 149|Comments Off on Surrendering (Selected poems)