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First Morning in Exile
Aleksandra Djajic-Horváth
Bosnia – HerzegovinaGALLERYCONVERSATION
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The first morning in exile
It all happened very quickly:
buying a plane ticket
going to the airport
a charter that was late
a three-hour flight.


And then —
a passport officer
confirms my identity
not exactly with goodwill and speed
(in my passport
destroyed cities lurk
and he simply cannot
so early in the morning
on an empty stomach . . . ).
His well-fed sleepy fingers
hunt for me through the circuits
of the invisible powerful net
but my face does not appear —
I am still not on the list of those
who want to blow up the world
and after a long search
— resigned and tired
from the night shift
and last night’s beer —
he lets me slip into
his blessed world
of short espresso
short memory
and long sound sleep.
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Dusan Balantines (Serbia – Montenegro)
It is very interesting quite peacefull way. I like it. The same way I like the author. In my opinion the customs officer had drunk whiskey not beer. It is because they do not drink beer. Definitelly, whisky and red bull. Yes. That it was. So, the author should make this change in purpose of telling true story. Maybe, she will recognize me now. If she does, she would win the valuable price.
charlotte (United States)
This is a sad and beautiful work combined with brillent effects when I read on I almost felt an presence by my side...I live in South Louisiana...an sometimes we don't feel part of the United States...either...unwanted step-children...not allowed to stay or go...at will
Imagining Ourselves Team (United States)
How does the shifting of people through war affect the place you live?
émilie (France)
What should happen to put you "on the list of those who want to blow up the world"?
That this world become out of any possible rationalization, apart in blowing it?

When it will be so far, try for a while to write something on sculpture, try to think back...
 
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