Ivan Dobnik - Vilenica

88 · Dan Coman
love poem
all day it couldn’t get any better as all day
we are stuffed little men,
and mara comes between clothing us combing us
gently palming our bottoms
mara comes and mounted on some plastic ducks
floats us out in coffee
all day it couldn’t get any better as all day
we are snow white with the seven dwarves
mara comes among us and
unscrews our hands
unscrews our feet and cleans off our stomachs
pulling out all the oakum and wool
all day it couldn’t get any better
only at night do we become full of flesh
only at night when mara finally sleeps
when we squeeze quickly under the blanket
and in silence slap against one another
like two chicken legs