TE21 Serbian Moments

Ana Ristović

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sperm in the reactor on the brink of bursting, retreats to its mute testicular abyss between two newsstands; and the man walking to the market to buy some greens I see: his brain and a head of cabbage ogle each other today quite coquettishly.

A throng of visitors trips and jostles each other between the bisected cow encased in formaldehyde they stare awed at its organs search for its heart

Twenty years ago, the body you see had only skin but now, it has only organs; so, I guess, that’s how to reach inside.

The heart splayed in a small adjacent room seeks meaning

no one there

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