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Sloveneback TOMAŽ ŠALAMUN
translation from Slovene by Brian Henry
Sleeping Venus and Cupid Landscape with the Ashes of Phocion
Well, that Poussin isn’t supposed to be
one hundred percent Poussin because
Venus bends her leg so beautifully. It
is! Alejandro and I went
to Tula, to the spa with a temple and
a pool that reminded
me of the grass in another
Poussin. Phocion’s wife
picks up the ashes of her unjustly and
cruelly slain husband.
I love him under the water. My penis
doesn’t calm down even in the bus
on the way back and the water swirls
as if it were a cloud. 
Contributor’s notes: Tomaž Šalamun
Contributor’s notes: Brian Henry