I don't remember the brothers' names, but I do remember their eagerness for me to try their national drink. I thought I would die for a moment, just before being reborn.

Arrival

I awoke on the floor of the Yugoslavian’s apartment somewhere in Frankfurt.
Yesterday I was a boy. Politely raised. Eager to please. Airs and grace.

But now I’d tasted slivovitz.

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