Day at the Anatomy Museum

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A Polish poet who was born in 1982. He has published five books of poetry, the latest one was “Bosiny” (2020). He was nominated for the Nike Literary Award twice, in 2013 and 2015. He lives in Katowice and Kraków.

gorgeous guys don’t go about in massive jars—

a thought the Anatomy Museum refutes.

from the entrance they’re floating, exquisitely

preserved, sprawling, suspended, their beauty strewn,

& youthfulness, youthfulness above all else,

though boil

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Tomasz Pietrzak:

A Polish poet who was born in 1982. He has published five books of poetry, the latest one was “Bosiny” (2020). He was nominated for the Nike Literary Award twice, in 2013 and 2015. He lives in Katowice and Kraków.

Translation: Karen Kovacik

Publish date: 05.08.2020

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Ida Dzik:

was born in September. She writes and sings, and studies at the faculty of “Artes Liberales” at the University of Warsaw. She gets involved against industrial farming, inequalities and climate change. She believes in political art. She lives in the Bielany district of Warsaw.

to dust you won’t return
not quite
to keep watch we’ll post a guard
of armored roses, fortified tombs
to send you off a submarine
to send you off a diving suit

sister fly, brother beetle
mother clay, father rain
we return to you your child
with this plastic wreath

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