Ivan Dobnik - Vilenica

Hen and Egg
The hen has hatched
goose-eggs.
She leads her chicks
down by the river.
Suddenly they jump in
and they swim.
The hen flutters and clucks
in terror by the river.
At night you walk on water,
or sink in a bog,
or jump from the 15th floor
sweating, terrified by your own self.
What you are in your dream
is not yours.
It jumps in the river and swims away
talking in an unknown language.
Vladimir Levčev · 181