Far Within Us #5

Portrait of Vasko Popa
Vasko Popa 1922–1991

The nights are running out of darkness

Steel branches grasp The arms of passers-by

Only anonymour chimneys Are free to walk the streets Which slice across our sleeplessness

In the gutters our stars decay

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