to be a pair
closest to the self profoundly unknown
serious dangers existing overwhelming the minority
stubborn nation brawn before birth
uncommon wealth independent of exterminations
turning into sculpting finger printing
faces barely glanced in the transfer window
eyes = bacteria light sensitive
subsoul kickbacks in a tunnel telescope
on aslant plains above fields of breaches
the bottom rises in this history
throwing weight around masses of incarnation
moss ridden armour covering you
in the joint of osmosis barely there copycat
curl up even more perceptively along the fascia
a manatee in icy waves a dolphin diving ultrasounds
wallowing and wrapping self ground in repose
another week walking in this love
in a lake of tears arterial scaredy-cat
rhythm traumas the refrain the silencing echo
disaster of yield don't reward me with loss
harness the risks log me in the ledger of type
not to be like a cat mother when distressed
can come to bear kittens to death
nor like a promise which disappoints you
immerse yourself in us
let one such as you
happen upon me
[collect]
translated by Marek Kaźmierski
Joanna MuellerJoanna Mueller, born 1979, poet, literary scholar and critic. Polish language studies graduate from Warsaw University. She debuted in 2003 with a poetry book Somnambóle fantomowe. Her second publication was Zagnizdowniki / Gniazdowniki in 2007, and it was nominated for Gdynia Literary Award. Since signing the Neolinguistic manifesto in December 2002, her work is usually ascribed to neolinguism, she calls it “archelinguism”. She worked as an editor in “LiteRacje”. Her poems and critical articles were published in “Twórczość”, “Teksty Drugie”, “Literatura na Świecie”, “Lampa”, and others. She lives in Warsaw.
Marek KaźmierskiMarek Kaźmierski, born in Warsaw, raised in London, he manages diversity delivery in a young offenders' institute. He also writes, shoots films and runs OFF_PRESS, a bi-lingual indie publishing house. Joint winner of 2007 Penguin Decibel Prize and sole recipient of the 2005 Bike Magazine Philosopher of the Year Award.