Char­lie Manson
came to Serbia
though no one thought
it could happen
he arrived
around the same time
the Guča festival
was promoted
to an event
of nation­al importance
though nobody invit­ed him
Char­lie Manson
came just
on time
they saw him
armed and walking
down dusty
coun­try roads
shoot­ing at every­thing that moves
inspect­ing the banks
of the Danube
and throw­ing a knife
and chunks of dis­mem­bered bodies
into the river
on the last floor
of a tall building
in the bathroom
he packed bloody remains
into plas­tic bags
(and lat­er dumped them
in containers)
and this has noth­ing at all to do
with the fact that the Stones
played here at last
at their satanic
majesty’s request
maybe it all has to do with
politics
and transition
or maybe not
maybe some things
just have
noth­ing to do
with anything.
 

 

Čar­li Men­son je sti­gao u Srbiju

 

Čar­li Menson
je sti­gao u Srbiju
iako niko nije mislio
da to može da se desi

sti­gao je
nekako u isto vreme
kada je Sabor u Guči
uvršten u događaje
od nacionalnog značaja

iako ga niko nije zvao
Čar­li Menson
je ipak došao
u pra­vo vreme

sre­li su ga
kako šeta naoružan
prašnjavim
seoskim putevima
i puca u sve što se pomera

kako kraj Dunava
raz­gle­da obalu
baca nož
i delove rasko­madanih tela
u reku

kako
na posled­njem spratu
jedne višespratnice
u kupatilu
paku­je krvave ostatke
u plas­tične vreće

(i kas­ni­je ih razvozi
po kontejnerima)

i sve to nema veze 
što su Stounsi
najzad svi­rali ovde
na poziv njihovog
satan­skog visočanstva 

mož­da sve to ima veze
sa politikom
tranzicijom
ali mož­da i nema

mož­da neke stvari
naprosto
nikad nema­ju veze
ni sa čim.
 

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