this is a body thing

so shush

clear out the words

listen

engage

yes with both of those ear lobes

and those hands you keep crossed across the chest

engage

some lyrics hit you directly in a core i know

well what can i say

apart from deal with it

man up

this is a body thing

it has no printed references

for we do not talk about it

we do it

or you do it once you think no one is watching

no one is watching, then.

just the walls and the screen

a couple of pieces of furniture around you

maybe and just maybe: a plant.

p*e*r*f*o*r*m*a*n*c*e

in the bottom of the belly-beast
that's where it starts
that's where it always starts

who is it I-you want to be?

who is it we-us are?

what world do we paint with these words

which one of many 'feels real'
and which are just for the audience's sake
my lovely?

you do it, yes: you stand in front of them all
them all argounauts
and ...i don't know...sing 'em a song? tell 'em a story? paint 'em a picture....perfect...snapshot?

while i figure it out

word by word

k?

no not ok

fucking performance

embodied realities 

which stick to a skin

which yearns to be washed of

complexities.

ne daj se, inge

ne daj se, inge
ne daj se, godinama moja inge
dok tabanas putevima
i dok ti se dnevne sobe stranih gradova obijaju o plafon misli

ne daj se mornarima
to su samo uniforme
i ne daj se gusarima
jer blaga su davno potrosena na rum

ne daj se ni doktoratima ni aplauzima
jer ni jedni ni drugi ne garantuju mir
takodje: ne daj se razgovorima
jer te niko nece skontati kao mala kafana na Kalemegdanu
u kojoj si se krila i volela

tamo gde dises, umorna si
tamo gde se odmaras, svetlo te umara

odrasla si, inge
vise te ne valjaju po buvljacima
sad pricas tri svetska jezika
i kazu ti da si kul.

ne veruj im, inge.
nisu ni oni u tebe verovali
dok si ljubila prozore vozova
dok si mazila puteve ka sreci.
i prala sudove Pariza
u telima Barselone
i flertovala sa Karibima
u peni mora Dalmacije.


ne daj se, inge.
cuti, i pusti da te se napiju
osmehni se, i ponovo napuni pistolj
dosta je bilo
ajmo opet.