There
My childhood has collapsed,
built up with ruins, new shopping malls,
hotels giving themselves airs,
houses claiming historical significance, weeds.
The squatters do not recognize me,
and if they speak, they muddle my language.
If you’d like to purchase a cheap property in my childhood,
I have no access to this address.
Author: Marin Bodakov
Translator: Katerina Stoykova
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these poems
and (especially) your translations
are worthy of the high quality
of Accents
Incredible poem!
Love:
My childhood has collapsed,
built up with ruins, new shopping malls,
hotels giving themselves airs,
and
The squatters do not recognize me,
and if they speak, they muddle my language.
Thanks for translating!
If you’d like to purchase a cheap property in my childhood,
I have no access to this address.
Thanks!