TE17 Mysterious Montenegro

Tanja Bakić

Together We Started Crying

Together we started crying In the wee hours of the night While noise was coming from outside From people emerging from The Rector Street subway station When dawn was knocking at the door

Of your Manhattan flat In the street overlooking Battery Park And New York Harbour. Together we started crying. First me, then you.

And those moments Of our mutual crying Which started for

Completely different reasons Both on your side and mine Lasted several minutes But the impression was that They lasted a new eternity About which we knew nothing Except that we were in it Except that we were no longer us But two different people Who had just met

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