issue 33 > poetry > szép
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My Heart
by Ernő Szép. Translated by Eva M. Thury.
I'd like to give my heart away as a present
It always only brings me sadness anyway
I would like to sew it to a cripple's crutch
Under his arm it would be a soft pillow
They could cut my heart in two, to make
Red shoes for a little beggar girl
Or I'd give it to her grieving mother
It may be meat enough for one dinner