Written On Mars
Tomáš Přidal
translated by Brokolis
a beginning
carrying something again
interesting
putting huge white cubes
one atop another
it might look like this
after death
an empty space
disappearing in infinity
this might be
how paper is made
books and dogs
pulling behind
a book on a collar
like a dog
refusing to move
in a park
on a bench
it jumps into my lap
it likes
to be browsed in
just watch out
for the lady
who decided
to walk
something by
George Sand
Hold your beast
she’s yelling to me
from afar
Too late
letters fly away
from our dogs
mars milk
speed of light
speed of light
speed of light
set in the plate
with flakes in it
speed of light
speed of light
speed of light
turtle
the turtle grew up hence the house got small twenty meters
thirty meters forty meters fifty meters
the first floor gone sixty meters seventy meters
eighty meters ninety meters a hundred a hundred and ten
the roof fucked
before that all hidden in a closed knockity-knock
turtle’s head peeps in papa dragged by the leg
pops! pops! (CRUNCH)
mama dragged by the leg mumsy! mumsy! (CRUNCH)
enfants dragged by their legs (CRUNCH CRUNCH)
before that the dosage of salad found inadequate
more salad s’il vous plait merci
all of a sudden the aquarium crack crack
blimey won’t fit
under the sofa
a small pet into a big one
before that papa bore something in a box
enfants cheered mama smiled
a box with holes
breaths from within
photo booth
the photo booth
has my face
the phone booth
speaks in my voice
the mailbox
breathes like me
my steps are watched over
by the public swimming pool
weather
we all are a bit anxious
and in a lack of sleep
the government rules the weather
airplanes inoculate the clouds with filth
we all are a bit anxious
noone knows
who happens to be the new simulation
and who a member
of the new undergound movement
we all are a bit anxious
it is not common
to find a letter in your mailbox stating:
he moved the tray and she turned back
we all are a bit anxious
500mg
depakine chrono
wallnut
a wallnut is free
like a squirrel
the shell may
fail
or not
where the squirrel fails
a hammer steps in
when the hammer gives in
a stone-eater slides in
broken teeth
all over
a wallnut is free
like an acid
folic acid
w. b. yeats: stuffed eggs
Stuffed eggs
tread in my dreams
sushi hotel
Open the door
let the fox collar in
it rains on sushi
let them in too
Open the door
prepare for tea
the fox collar
wants to warm up
Open the door
the fox collar still there
just to dry up a bit
and get going soon
Open the door
this is a sushi hotel
warm up the fish
give them your goodbye
hegel’s vacation
Day
thesis
Night
antithesis
Astronomical day
synthesis
Just what is
today right now
A turn
around an axis
a glass of water
upon an umbrella
Tomáš Přidal is online at http://sartrr.blogspot.cz/.
