| 1. Charming Hostess - A Relatively Calm Day |
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1. In the daily reports - when a dozen of shells hit downtown, when snipers are in action and only a few have been killed or wounded - we are...
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| 2. Charming Hostess - Dali Tzerni |
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Aren't my eyes black enough for you? Isn't my face fair enough for you? Your eyes are black, but you can't keep them. Your face is fair, but it's...
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| 3. Charming Hostess - Expulsion |
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The Chetniks banished the mental patients from Jagomir to the city. That day, one of them- holding the body of a dead sparrow by its claws - came up...
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| 4. Charming Hostess - Viva Orduenya |
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Viva orduenya, She is sifting in her sandy yard She puts her feet in the sea, and I am learing the dance Viva orduenya, She is sowing in her sandy...
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| 5. Charming Hostess - Aish Ye K'dish |
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Live on, work-horse. Relief comes while you are unaware. Your condition is bad - I see you have no money, and you tell me, "To hell with it all! The...
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| 6. Charming Hostess - Ferret Said |
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Ferret said sorry. Ferret said "I've had enough of your shit-eating grin." She walked out. She was back the next day, saying "I'm sorry, honey. I'm...
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| 7. Charming Hostess - Klezsex |
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(My greenhorn cousin came to me, beautiful, with cheeks like red oranges, eyes like heaven in the springtime, and feet that wanted to dance. As the...
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| 8. Charming Hostess - Mi Nuera |
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I. "My beautiful daugher-in-law, embroider the waists of our blouses. Your peers have already done this, and you're just lying there sleeping." "I...
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| 9. Charming Hostess - Si Veriash La Rana |
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If you could see the little frog sitting on the oven, frying her fritas and sharing with her sisters! If you could see the little mouse sitting in...
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| 10. Charming Hostess - Adam |
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Spoiled, fondled by the hands of many women, I came upon you by chance, young Adam. And before I could lay my mouth on yours, you begged me, with the...
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| 11. Charming Hostess - Grbavica |
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The snipers, at least those aiming at Sniper Alley, shoot from the Jewish cemetary. Covered by the gravestones, they're safe. Dear Lord, punish all...
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| 12. Charming Hostess - Oh Julie |
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Oh Julie, oh Lord, gal. Early in the morning baby, about half past four, I came to your window, I knocked on your door. You said "Get away from my...
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| 13. Charming Hostess - Imam Bey's Mosque |
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Imam Efendi Spahic had three children and a grandchild that were killed by the shells that fell on Dairam. Before that, his wife too; as if God had...
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| 14. Charming Hostess - Death Is A Job |
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I'm running across an intersection to avoid the bullet of a sniper from the hill when I walk straight into some photographers: they're doing their...
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| 15. Charming Hostess - What Will You Remember? |
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In Sarajevo, it only makes sense to remember the day that's just passed. It's snowing, like it's supposed to in January. I'm watching kids sledding....
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| 16. Charming Hostess - Exodus |
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Number 6705, Sarajevo 1947, Yugoslav Communist Party local committee, Mostar: Call Mida Cadro in and inform her that the Party is of the opinion that...
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| 17. Charming Hostess - I'm Not Hungry |
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When I look into the mirror I see you. There's a fat girl who spits and stares, hides behind my chair, she'll pull out your hair, she will. I'm not...
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| 18. Charming Hostess - Give Him A Little Time |
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"Did you really mean it?" "I don't say what I don't mean." Then she turned her eyes away, she didn't want for him to see her. Now he starts drinking....
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| 19. Charming Hostess - Zenica Blues |
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The woman in a seat near you is talking to herself. Fine - she says - all right. Just don't touch. All eyes turn to you and you also turn to see...
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| 20. Charming Hostess - Laws Of Physics |
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The pink half-moon on the third joint of my slender finger-- My body fragments are full of bread. That's why I fear holding bread is why I'm here. I...
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