“Obdanište”
Translated From Croatian by Mario Frömml

Within a year and five months
I did not spot
scruffy mutts
holding up dumpsters
growling under the bridges
over a tossed bone
over a dry hideaway
howling sadly around the kindling
neither rabid bitches
roaming the streets at odd hours
biting at everything crossing them
nor an old, moulting tomcat
in mid-February
sobbing, badly beaten-up
in front of a stranger’s house
but I did see
on a red wall of
a dilapidated building
a praise-worthy yawp
Peace of mind
Pets Daycare
for our pets
a convenient
kindergarten

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