Senad’s father died after he came and had a drink with his son What is the appropriate way to die He told two jokes then went home, and he was tired so he slept Away he goes into dreamland In sleeping, he died and the story is so simple and complete that I mourn Senad with green eyes smoking beneath the eaves Jelena thinks that she loved Senad’s father more than Senad He was so charming Decide what is important, charm and joke-telling Senad is the shape of a man, when he drives he is sure on the narrow streets Bosnian humor Value the joke-tellers, the charmers He came to have a drink with his son, at the bar Senad works The phone rang once One drink after playing hockey a slow sweat left-over exertion A lifetime of driving around in beat up cars, the old forests, sheep herders, fresh bread from the bakery, just sitting, cigarettes and coffee is enough and he drinks a beer, tells two jokes, and goes home and goes to sleep The most peaceful and appropriate Senad’s father goes to sleep after two jokes and dies What would a perfect death be But with two jokes and his son, one drink and sleep.
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