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“The master went to America…

…but I haven’t gone anywhere…”

Atanas Dalchev

To go, when everybody

Goes somewhere,

Is not originally.

To come back, when everybody

Is disappointed,

Is not dignified.

To stay here,

and be proud of your loneliness

Is probably a silly thing.

I haven’t started anywhere yet

But will the master of my body –

My soul

Come back?

                      Kremena  Yacheva

                           translated from bulgarian

                          Temenuga  Georgieva