MAGGIE SAWKINS

After Dostoevsky


Since she’s discovered Raskolnikov
she’s dug a hole in the garden
to bury her school uniform
her flat black shoes.

She’s acquired too
a taste for Smirnoff
and perfected the art of gesticulation.

And no-one has noticed -
her mother’s too busy in the kitchen
chopping parsnip and swede
and her father’s flat out
in the potting shed.

Only the pawnbroker’s boxer dog
sits up and growls as she swishes past
in her surplus store raincoat. An axe
tucked neatly under her arm.

Alina Roxana Chirila

Maggie Sawkins
 

Dupa Dostoevsky

De cand l-a descoperit pe Raskolnikov
a sapat o groapa in gradina
sa-si ingroape uniforma
si pantofii negri fara toc.

A inceput sa-i placa Smirnoff
si si-a perfectionat arta gesticularii.
Si nimeni n-a observat –
mama ei e prea ocupata in bucatarie
tocand pastarnac si nap
si tatal e istovit
lucrand in magazie.

Doar boxerul camatarului
se ridica si maraie cand ea trece fosnind
in pelerina ei larga cu un topor
ascuns sub brat.