The Story of Old Women
Tadeusz Rozewicz
Joanna Trzeciak, Translator
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I like old women
ugly women
mean women
they are the salt of the earth
they are not disgusted by
human waste
they know the flipside
of the coin
of love
of faith
dictators clown around
come and go
hands stained
with human blood
old women get up at dawn
buy meat fruit bread
clean cook
stand on the street
arms folded silent
old women
are immortal
Hamlet flails in a snare
Faust plays a base and comic role
Raskolnikov strikes with an axe
old women
are indestructible
they smile knowingly
