Jaz, žrtev. / I, victim.

when i have herpes today
nobody even bothers to ask if i’m in pain
it’s there on my ass
itching
hurting a bit
but most of all getting on my nerves

if it gets too much
i no longer go to hospital
really sick old ladies will no longer tell me that i can’t endure anything
i shall endure
wear it on my ass
and keep smiling at meetings

i decided
that from now on
my herpes
will be just mine

and perhaps of some sexual partner

anyway, if i can quote my dear friend, playwright milan marković – ima i u tome
nešto lepo - «there’s something nice in all of this too…« Simona Semenič

Author and performer: Simona Semenič
Lighting: Janko Oven
Produced and organized by: City of Women
In collaboration with: Klub Gromka- AKC Metelkova Mesto