crna ruka

na desnoj ruci on je stalno nosio crnu rukavicu
bio je agent udbe, bio je partijski sekretar,
devedesete se učlanio u hdz i postao gradonačelnik
maloga grada negdje na jadranu

krenulo se u pohod na kasarnu jna
crna ruka bio je vođa akcije;
on je jedini znao sve puteve,
on je poznavao slabe točke i
očekivane smjerove napada

otišla su dvojica, mladi i neiskusni dečki,
koji su tek upoznali miris pičke,
ali su slabo svladali miris baruta
i dodir s nitima lake zelene žice
na obalama minske pučine, u mračnoj, mračnoj noći

crna ruka održao je posmrtni govor,
i naposljetku slavodobitno podigao
crnu i bijelu šaku visoko iznad glave:
za svetu hrvatsku zemlju!

zatim je sjeo u blindirani mercedes,
na autobusnom stajalištu skupio je ljubavnicu
i punom brzinom sletio u provaliju
na stjenovitom dijelu obale,
ni petsto metara od posljednjeg zaustavljanja

ljubavnica se činila vrckavom i neozlijeđenom,
crna rukavica bez tijela u blizini
grčevito je stiskala zgnječeni volan
kada su napokon stigli vatrogasci i policija
na teško dostupno mjesto nesreće

2001-08-13

De: Tamno mjesto
Producción de Audio: Tomislav Krevzelj, Udruga radio mreza 2011

black hand

on his right hand he constantly wore black glove
he was the police agent, the party secretary,
in 1990 he became member of the HDZ* and a mayor
of a small town some place on the Adriatic

the Yugoslav army’s military barracks were to be raided
black hand led the operation;
he alone knew all the paths,
he alone knew the weak points
and the expected lines of attack
 
two were lost, young and inexperienced lads,
who just learned the smell of a cunt,
but poorly mastered the smell of gun powder
and the touch of the threads of light, green wire
on the shores of the mined sea, in the dark, dark night


black hand gave a posthumous speech
and lastly he lifted triumphantly
his black and white fist high over his head:
for the holy Croatian land!

then he sat in the armoured Mercedes
at the bus stop he collected his mistress
he crashed into the abyss at full tilt
on the rocky part of the shore
not even five hundred meters from the spot of his last stopping

the mistress seemed lively and unhurt,
the black glove detached from the body, nearby
tightly gripping the crushed wheel
when at last the fire truck and police arrived
at the hardly accessible place of the accident

2001-08-13



*Acronym of the Croatian National Union political party that gained power in Croatia at the beginning of the 90’s

Translated By Boris Gregorić