Česnekový

                                        Heroic garlic, raw rasp on the tongue,

                                        The acrid acid metal burn beneath the palate

                                        Turn the polévka into nuclear fire

                                        Topinka into life-giving health food

                                        Bulb of power, shining protector of the blood

 

                                        Woven vampire destroyer

                                        In ice-ground-breaking breath

                                        Waves of klobasa mercilessly pound

                                        On unprotected facial extremities

                                        Until the unwilling initiate is inducted:

                                        Succumbing, believing, proselytizing

 

                                        Take, eat, this is my saviour

                                        From the bland, from the inadequate

                                        For as in the prayers of the doubtless

                                        A little goes a long way,

                                        But a lot is never enough

 

                                        Česnekový – garlic

                                        Polévka – soup

                                        Topinka – fried bread/toast

                                        Klobasa – sausage