Sami Mulaj

The last bite

THE LAST BITE

The homeland, a bitten apple,

Thrown on the street,

Swarmed by flies devouring its core.

Wanderers push it with a foot,

Lift it, piss on it.

Drunken passersby of the pitch-black night

Spit on it.

When it hung on the branch,

Everyone wanted to reach it,

Throwing stones to rob it,

Tearing it apart

With fierce, blackened teeth.