Uljana Wolf (b.1979)

guest room
                         the world is so small
                         the world has only two stories
                                        —Halina Poświatowska

lock me love into your prayer
into the two stories of this world
into the will to wall myself in voice

when step by step
the guest steals in

to our mouth
to our room
with the cherry-red door

lock me in love
where women lock themselves in
where women speak

when strophe by strophe
the guest is better versed

in our mouth
in our room
with the cherry-red door