Sul Campo Del Mare - Vilenica

V2-2010.PM52176/13/100, 12:14 PMIllja Sinsome of it was eaten by the birds, and some of it simply rotted becausesomeone had pissed on it. So, dear children, we’ve told you a fairy-tale.And you, my darlings, obey your parents, learn hard and brush yourteeth every night and wash your feet every day. You better use a creamysoap because it doesn’t dry the skin – especially as young and as gentleas yours.Those who, fearless, looked the enemy straight to his eyesRemember usNot as hollow stuffed souls 4But as fanciers of a salami-pizzaTranslated from the Slovene by Aleksandra Kocmut5Paraphrase from T. S. Eliot’s poem The Hollow Men:Remember us—if at all—not as lostViolent souls, but onlyAs the hollow menThe stuffed men.217