Anthology of Macedonian P.E.N. Poets

ISBN 9989-928-22-3

Zoran Ančevski

My Little Me

When I fenced in my little me
and said to myself This is mine
It grew,
became my dictator –
handsome and greedy.
Now I prepare for rebellions,
ambushes;
I plot evil,
I hire traitors, assassins.
But in fact
as the lowest of all serviles,
I grovel before its feet
and flatter, salivating at its throne.

Translated by Sudeep Sen and the author