TE17 Mysterious Montenegro

Tanja Bakić

alright?”, and you told me it was, and cast your eyes down to one side. Perhaps we could have known

Something wasn’t right That night we got into A broken-down subway train In Grand Central And I told you loudly: “It’s not just the subway train that’s broken down, everything else we have is too,”

And you responded: “I think you’re right.”

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A deafening silence fell between us.

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Everything stopped, Seemingly even time. All of a sudden there was nothing, Not even our crying, Not even our mutual tears Which you and I had both saved For so many years before Unpacked in the dusty boxes

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