The Judges Of The Little Box

Portrait of Vasko Popa
Vasko Popa 1922–1991

to Karl Max Ostojic

Why do you stare at the little box That in her emptiness Holds the whole world

If the little box holds The world in her emptiness Then the antiworld Holds the little box in its antihand

Who'll bite off the antiworld's antihand And on that hand Five hundred antifingers

Do you believe You'll bite it off With your thirty-two teeth

Or are you waiting For the little box To fly into your mouth

Is this why you are staring

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