Liberland (Poem)
BIBEK ADHIKARI
on a tiny silver—
uninhabited marshland—
rejected both by
croatia & serbia
vit jedlicka planted a flag
along with his girlfriend
welcoming half a million
would-be online citizens
musing at the vast,
unbridled landscape
at the break of the dawn
framed by his blossoming dreams
of libertarian, his little utopia
no taxes, no gun control
& bitcoins as currency
& freedom & freedom everywhere
the sun above looked like
raw egg on his breakfast plate
the waters of danube river wavered,
black like fizzy drink
his dreams fizzed & sparkled
“all countries are fantasies
& they’re all in your head”
he mused & took a final sigh
terra nullius – said the law
& gave him a thrash
& banished him from his
7 sq km dream country
now exiled in the foreign lands
he yet dreams & chases fantasies
because he knows deep inside he’s
“doing the real stuff in a romantic way”
[caption id="attachment_9324" align="alignleft" width="200"] Poet Adhikari[/caption]
[Liberland is a sovereign state located between Croatia and Serbia on the west bank of the Danube River. VitJedlicka seized the opportunity and on 13 April 2015 formed a new state in this territory.]
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