HOUSE OF URCHINS / SARAJEVO ROSE - WAR RHYMES
S A R A J E V O K I D S W A R - C H O R U S
p a r t 3 .
Those, namely, who're unmistakably,
from the very start of their lives,
rhymed with being:
abandoned,
forsaken,
forlorn,
dropped,
deserted,
left,
neglected,
cast out,
cast off
(by both parents and society)
and shed
(to the margins of life,
where are they to eternally dwell).
Named after a city district situated on a hill,
in the very city-centre of Sarajevo,
"The Bjelave orphanage",
popular just as "Bjelave",
was during the war
one of the most copious fountainhead of the Rhymes.
But before saying anything else,
my duty's to recall:
The Second World War orphans,
because of who, the institution was established
in the building doubtlessly stolen from godly nuns
by godless communists,
had all,
since long,
grown mature.
Each following,
Each following,
far from the precinct,
their own,
personal,
fortune.
Before pondering over the reasons why "Bjelave",
personal,
fortune.
Before pondering over the reasons why "Bjelave",
that house of urchins (sic!),
joined Sarajevo kids war-choir,
during the Third
(but not World)
War,
in 1992,
and gave the tune on its own
to the hill-men’s musical composition,
one has first to understand what is it ,
in that bizarre building,
that has always been rhymed.
The Bjelave house is supposed to be a
home,
asylum,
abode,
homestead,
fireside,
domicile,
residence,
habitat,
dwelling...
for all Bosnian offspring
who normally have no such a thing.
. . . . . . . .
who normally have no such a thing.
. . . . . . . .
Right! I do not posses any adequate political or social weight
to fight their craftiness,
I do not have any role on their social stage,
but I’ve been asking for him,
moaning after him,
accusing them on his behalf.
My God, have You given them the right,
far are You from their fabrications!
to keep on rhyming "The Bjelave" orphans
with such attributes:
outcast,
worthless,
forgotten,
lone...?
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