Wisniewska, Joanna

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mOthertongueVolume 3 Spring Article 14Spring 1996Pryiaciel / A FriendJoanna WisniewskaUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstFollow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/motPart of the Fiction Commons, Illustration Commons, Photography Commons, and the PoetryCommonsThis Multilingual Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion inmOthertongue by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact scholarworks@library.umass.edu.Recommended CitationWisniewska, Joanna (1996) "Pryiaciel / A Friend," mOthertongue: Vol. 3 , Article 14.Available at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/mot/vol3/iss1/14A FriendI drank some wine among thoseWho thought that that's the way thingsshould beI left the bar ashamedAnd then I feltThe hot wave, the pounding sound of bloodin my headSlowly I walked along the roadTorn by the gustLeft behind by the cars passing byIn my head I felt a dullnessWhich I so much wanted to forgetIn the staircaseI was finally completely alone with thatbland painAt the door - silence I curled up like a mouseUnder the damp heavy blanketI fell into the emptiness of solitude andweakness"What are you doing here, you drunk?"I heard the warm voice of someone I willalways loveNext to my bed, on the floorHe placed, in wine glass,A little twig of fragrant lilac.34PryiacielPilam wino posrbd tychKtorzy mysleli ze tak ma byeZe wstydem wysztam poza drzwiKiedy poczufam gor^ca faleIszum zmaconej krwiPowolnym krokiem szfam pusta ulicaSzarpana przez powiewPozostajacy po prezjezdzajacychsamochodachA w gfowie czulam ot^pienie0 ktorym bardzo chciafem zapomniecW klatce schodowejZostafam catkiem sama z tepym bolemPrzy drzwiach mieszkania - ciszaSkultfam sie jak myszPod ciezk| wilgotn^ kofdra,Zapadiam w pustke samotnosci i niemocy"Co tutaj robisz ty pijaku?"Zapytaf ciepfym gfosem ktos kogo zawszebede kochafa1 kolo lozka na podfodzePostawif w lampce po winieG&T^zk^ pachn^cego bzuJoanna Wisniewska35

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