Pitaš zašto ubijam ose
bacam kamenje u stijene
i ne hodam po fugama
zašto pričam s rakovima
i maltretiram ih
zašto ne znam hodati u šlapama
zašto još uvijek gradim tvrđave u plićaku,
nosim slamnati šešir
zašto jedem Bobi flips i čitam Lacana
pitaš me zašto se kupam gola
Kako da ti objasnim sebe
kada ne razumiješ moje ljetovanje
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You ask, why I kill wasps
throw stones at the rocks
and don't walk on the crack
why I talk to crabs
and harass them
why I can't walk in slippers
why I still build forts in the shallows
wear a straw hat
why I eat Bobi flips and read Lacan
you ask me why I swim naked
how can I explain myself to you
when you don't understand my summer
Željka Horvat Čeč
Moje ljetovanje / My summer
About Željka Horvat Čeč
Željka Horvat Čeč (Croatia, 1986) published a collection of poems We must become concrete (VBZ, 2015), a book of prose 4 locks (VBZ, 2016) and a collection of poems Strict bed rest (VBZ, 2021). Her poems are included in the anthology of young poets of the Ex Yugoslavia region Soft tissue, and in Le fantôme de la liberté - Phantom of Freedom, a panorama of Croatian authors in French.
She won the 2013 Ulaznica award for poetry, and her poems have been translated into English, German, French and Swedish.
She lives in Rijeka where she organizes literary forums Writer and Citizen. Wife, mother, antifascist, supports Arsenal, Rijeka and the Greenbay Packers. She also likes fishing.
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