Jul 2017
WHEN THE CLOGS BLOSSOM
(когато цъфнат налъмите).
( for the one and only Onelia )
Stepping into
the forest was
stepping into
a fairy tale.
The trees gathered
‘round and soon
had him surrounded
inspecting this little
speck
of humanity
they the forest had
curiously come across.
I had, without knowing it
said goodbye
to the sky
which it seemed
had been turned off
with a click and
a snap of
a twig.
“How now
human boy!”
bellowed a bough
bowing to my frightened
little personhood.
Now and then a scrap
of sky appeared
held prisoner
as if it were
the last bit of sky
ever to be seen
a museum piece.
Here, now
lost in Bulgaria
I sat & listened
to my self
the blood within me
circulating circumspectly.
The forest
watching me
as if deciding
which part
of me
to eat
. . .first.
(когато цъфнат налъмите).
( for the one and only Onelia )
Stepping into
the forest was
stepping into
a fairy tale.
The trees gathered
‘round and soon
had him surrounded
inspecting this little
speck
of humanity
they the forest had
curiously come across.
I had, without knowing it
said goodbye
to the sky
which it seemed
had been turned off
with a click and
a snap of
a twig.
“How now
human boy!”
bellowed a bough
bowing to my frightened
little personhood.
Now and then a scrap
of sky appeared
held prisoner
as if it were
the last bit of sky
ever to be seen
a museum piece.
Here, now
lost in Bulgaria
I sat & listened
to my self
the blood within me
circulating circumspectly.
The forest
watching me
as if deciding
which part
of me
to eat
. . .first.
* Bulgarians never say never….only….when the clogs blossom . Now I am not saying this never happened to me but not exactly in this way except in my mind!
I am bad at reality but Bulgarians never say that one is bad at something…they merely point out that you are “naked water” (гола вода).
But there are some things I am good at…like getting lost!
But a Donall like a Bulgarian doesn’t brag merely “pretends to be two and a half” (правя се на две и половина)
***
"WHEN THE CLOGS BLOSSOM" = (когато цъфнат налъмите = kogato tsafnat nalamite)
“naked water” (гола вода = gola voda)
“pretends to be two and a half” (правя се на две и половина = pravya se na dve i polovina)
***
"WHEN THE CLOGS BLOSSOM" = (когато цъфнат налъмите = kogato tsafnat nalamite)
“naked water” (гола вода = gola voda)
“pretends to be two and a half” (правя се на две и половина = pravya se na dve i polovina)
I am bad at reality but Bulgarians never say that one is bad at something…they merely point out that you are “naked water” (гола вода).
But there are some things I am good at…like getting lost!
But a Donall like a Bulgarian doesn’t brag merely “pretends to be two and a half” (правя се на две и половина)
***
"WHEN THE CLOGS BLOSSOM" = (когато цъфнат налъмите = kogato tsafnat nalamite)
“naked water” (гола вода = gola voda)
“pretends to be two and a half” (правя се на две и половина = pravya se na dve i polovina)
***
"WHEN THE CLOGS BLOSSOM" = (когато цъфнат налъмите = kogato tsafnat nalamite)
“naked water” (гола вода = gola voda)
“pretends to be two and a half” (правя се на две и половина = pravya se na dve i polovina)
