Grzegorz Wróblewski

Issue 49
Summer 2023

 Grzegorz Wróblewski

Two poems translated from the Polish by Piotr Gwiazda

Interrogation


Sliced watermelons
terrify me. Please write it down.

What else should you write down?

There’s a sea of alcohol in the clouds
and a large distillery.

Please write that down also.

There’s a large distillery
in the clouds.

Support


Because you breed cats
you are allowed to procreate
with any number of
veterinarians.

No one can accuse you
of deliberately drowning me
in the ocean
because you breed cats.

You could partner with
people who make defoliants
and even then
you’d be considered a saint.

You’re untouchable because
you breed cats. You’re untouchable
because
you breed cats, etc.