The Last Monologue

Clotho is seen only at dusk.   Lachesis is ever invisible.   Atropos...well, dead men tell no tales.   It’s not that she didn’t love you, it’s that…


Juxtaposed Realities

On a chilled grey dawn, I hear a call out. I get out of bed fumbling and reach for my shawl. Somewhat disoriented and half-asleep, I make my way…


The Kennels

During my final year, the teaching hospital at my university was a bustling place that saw 60 to 70 cases on an average every day. We students were…


On the Collapse of Our Institutions of Higher Learning, Part 5

Fourth Topic: Gibraltar on the Danube, 2016-2017 The city of Novi Sad, situated on the Danube, is overlooked by a vast, sprawling fortress on the…


On the Collapse of Our Institutions of Higher Learning, Part 4

Third Topic: Vojvodina Almanac 2015-2016 As it is impossible not to be seduced and not to be enslaved in Serbia, an intellectual has developed into a…


On the Collapse of Our Institutions of Higher Learning, Part 3

Second Topic: Union of Patriotic Citizens of Novi Sad, 2014-2015 I don’t want to make people assume I journeyed alone. In fact, what makes a…


On the Collapse of Our Institutions of Higher Learning, Part 2

We bickered in the pubs over the meaning of the “Overman”, we joined together reading to one another poems and essays, essays we knew had no…


On the Collapse of Our Institutions of Higher Learning, Part 1

An Introduction to the Topic at Hand The title of this article, which I borrowed and changed from a man long ago passed, is meant to explain, in a…


Dating

On a rainy night, an unknown number reached out. I was bored. I was lonely. The unexpected text felt like the spark of life or the strike of…


Wagie Life

Wake up. It’s noon. Turn over on the mattress and look at my phone. No texts, but over 40 email messages. All are advertisements for products. I roll…