Pino Pograjc
Pino Pograjc (1997, Slovenia) has a double MA in English and Comp. Lit. has published 3 Slovene poetry books, earning him a few awards, and a collected poems book in English. He was a guest at festivals in Serbia, Germany, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Catalonia. He mostly writes about his queerness and schizophrenia.
able body
my able body taunts me
from (across) the crosswalk
the light’s green, babe
because it knows that if I started walking,
my lower back would creak,
my right foot would scream
and my left knee would punish me,
an ill-behaved child
my able body lies under my bed,
twisting knots and pushing bulges
into the mattress
until I wake up
bump in the night
and it’s my hip,
it’s always my fucking hip
my able body,
young and pretty,
walks towards me without a limp,
stands still without trembling
and bends down without a wince
to touch its toes,
only using its body to say
look at me
as if grief is a game
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