Cutlery does not a home make
though an extra spoon
comes in handy.
New curtains do not a home make
though some windows
are best covered.
For a home to be a home,
you need many items
you’d rather have discarded.
What Eskimos advise:
build a sturdy igloo with
snow in your shoes;
the safety pin, forgotten
in the coat collar,
at your jugular.
(Translated, from the Serbian, by Steven and Maja Teref.)