HEN AND EGG

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The hen has hatched
goose-eggs.
She leads her chicks
down by the river.
Suddenly they jump in
and they swim.
The hen flutters and clucks
in terror by the river.

At night you walk on water,
or sink in a bog,
or jump from the 15th floor
sweating, terrified by your own self.

What you are in your dream
is not yours.
It jumps in the river and swims away
talking in an unknown language.

© Vladimir Levchev
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© Електронно издателство LiterNet, 12.10.2004
Владимир Левчев. Черна книга на застрашените видове. / Black Book of the Endangered Species. Варна: LiterNet, 2004

Други публикации:
Владимир Левчев. Черна книга на застрашените видове. / Black Book of the Endangered Species. USA by Word Works <http://wordworksdc.com>, Washington, 1999.