Monumental brutalism plagues my backyard
A society swayed by the quest for Pepsi
My boyfriend wears adidas
Lev: the Bulgaria currency
Levksi: the Bulgarian national football team
Vasil Ivanov Kunchev later nicknamed Levski after the Bulgarian word for lion
a revolutionary
Lev: pegged on the back of the euro at a fixed rate of €1 to 1.95 BGN
Perestroika futures
this is my rev
I can curl my hair now
I can wear–
my boyfriend is kind of hot
in an eastern euro way
he's a pig farmer
eats like a pig too
I’m balls deep in Bulgaria
Mum says I speak like a gypsy
She’s a gypsyphile, russophile maybe
Thrace circa 1990
They say “It’s quant, believe me! The poorest country in the EU”
And I’m at its heart
Lion’s pride
Eat your heart out
dehydrate it
jerky
“Manja!” She says
She cooks well for a city girl
I’m real
I feel the impact of a nation on my shoulders
I’m real again
Bulgaria is a great big metalhead
hardcore and “ultra based” he says
Above Greece
Below Romania
Next to Serbia and Macedonia and
The Black Sea
The Blackest Sea
–
The Valley of the Kings in Kazanlak where large grass mounds house the tombs of Thracian kings and all their gold. These remain untouched even during war. Deep waters of superstition to soak my feet in.
In a moneyless society Rakija is the liquid currency. Commercial trades between Pepsi and Communist party leaders solidify intoxicated PR.
A neighbour once told me “Bulgaria was named the Silicon Valley of eastern europe during the 60s”. The electronic computer, the digital wristwatch, oral contraceptive pills, space food, air bags and greek yoghurt culture; all invented by Bulgarians.
Viktor Krum (the best seeker in the world). George Weasley yells “here come the Bulgarians!” He’s so sexy. I’ve never felt so much glory.
And the church, gold plated domes. Our very own orthodoxy. Don’t come near me! I’m shivering and panting like a dog. Not abused, only well trained, I can roll over for you. Comradery is hydrophobic; it sinks between us.
–
Bliss
Hope
Capital
The Wretched are doomed.
hey listen, I don’t what I’m trying to prove here
It’s a dead end in the nation of the rose
I’m the mayor and the thief
I want to be staunch
live up to my thick skinned ancestors
SLAV
I’ll move to Australia
Sydney is hosting the 2000 olympics