I got tired of effeminate poetry
and subordination
now I am strong and not a bit meek
I roll tobacco as a bearded Turk
with honey, mistletoe and plum brandy
(umorila sam se od zenskaste poezije
i podredivanja
sada sam jaka i nimalo meka
motam duhan kao bradati Turcin
rakijama od meda, imele i sljiva)
~ Irena Delonga
In and around Zagreb, Croatia
February, 2012