All sorts of graffiti can be spotted around central Zagreb, and many of them tell plenty about the city of my birth, but uppermost among them is the good old U.

Addendum I (November 29, 2017)

Good old U? Having come across this haiku entirely by chance, I realized that only those from former Yugoslavia would get it without much ado. To wit, quite a few Croatians are still pining for the Ustasha regime that reigned during World War II. Nazis to boot, they underpinned the quisling Croatia aligned with both Hitler and Mussolini. To this day, the letter that turned into their symbol can be spotted across the country. And it is rather ubiquitous in the Croatian capital, where it pops up on many a wall covered with graffiti. Whenever I return to the city of my birth, I am regaled with untold reminders of the country’s checkered past. World War II is wished back wherever one turns. In my seventies, I am but an infant still.

Addendum II (January 9, 2018)

On my last return to the Croatian capital, I have spotted the good old U on many a wall once again. But this time around I notice that quite a few of them have a cross stuck inside. Croatians are devout Christians, after all. Besides, they are often branded as more Catholic than the pope. And the Ustasha symbol is thus embellished with a cross for all to see. To wit, the graffiti artists are good Ustashas one and all.