ELEKTRIČNI VAMPIR
Vampirsko prepričanje, ta strah,
da se bo nekaj hudega zgodilo,
če se sprostim, če si oddahnem,
če za trenutek ne mislim na nič,
mi je že davno prepojil mišice.
Vse celice mojega telesa so se
zamenjale, ampak informacija
je bila predana do krvničke
natančno. Laično bi lahko rekli,
da imam prestrašeno kri.
Vampir je iznašel način, da jo samo
presrkava, kot pretočna elektrarna.
Dokler nivo ne upade pod kritično črto
življenja, bo vedno dovolj krvi tudi za
strah. To je vampirska elektrika.
Izmenični tok. Ob vklopu je že tu
in tam.
ELECTRIC VAMPIRE
The vampire’s belief, this fear
that something terrible will happen
if I relax, if I take a breath,
if for a moment I cease to think,
has long since seeped into my muscles.
Every cell in my body has been
replaced, yet the information shared
down to the very blood cell, remains exact.
In layman’s terms, you could say:
my blood is afraid.
The vampire found a way to siphon it off,
like a flow-through power plant.
Until the level drops below the critical line
of life, there’s always enough blood, even
for fear. This is vampire electricity.
Alternating current. The moment you switch it on,
it’s already here, and there.
(Translated from the Slovenian by Martha Kosir)
