Vasko Popa Skin Poems

  • 1.
    Each strips his own skin
    Each bares his own constellation
    Which has never seen the night

    ...
  • 2.
    Give me back my rags

    My rags of pure dreaming
    Of silk smiling of striped foreboding
    ...
  • 3.
    Line the inside of the little box
    With your precious skin
    And make yourself cozy
    Just as you would in your own home
    ...
  • 4.
    Don't box down to the little box
    Which supposedly contains everything
    Your star and all other stars

    ...
Total 4 Skin Poems by Vasko Popa

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