When are words born

When are words born

when do they grow up

when do they lose

their quiet virginity

when do they marry

and when 

do their families 

degenerate 

and turn into 

sticky clichés

when do they begin to

sleep around 

give birth to

 illegitimate skies 

go mad 

kill 

make attempts on their own lives –

with the hope 

of meeting in the beyond 

a true poet

Translated by Angela Rodel and Hristo Dimitrov