Opportunity Shop, Knocks Hollow

Oh, the wonderful things I would do,

if I had time,

right mind,

yes, rewind too.

 

©SvetkaSamizdat

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Reasons For Treason (v1)

Nothing seems to motivate people

(and evil)

quite like the prospect of wealth

and power.

Treason against self and collective,

“better angels” left to piss in wind.

 

©SvetkaSamizdat

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Promises & Expectations, Pummelled & Smashed.

On reflection, after the matter of fact,

I preferred it when, in ignorance and hope,

I thought that happiness,

and fulfilment of potential,

was still possible.

… Tomorrow,

I don’t feel inclined to try …

(Always someone’s waiting

to bring you down!)

 

©SvetkaSamizdat

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Sverdlovsk TV Tower (an homage)

(To the detractors and fashionable manipulators of history…)

You disgusting piece of shit!

Tell yourself the lie, if it helps you sleep at night.

Broadcast it in TV programs,

propagate your version of history

into “reality”.

And, furthermore, lie.

While I climb Sverdlovsk TV Tower

and, seeking truth,

dive.

 

©SvetkaSamizdat

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Привет, Приска

Paul was a joyless misogynist.

They assert,

it’s quite obvious,

and certainly seems clear.

(Nikak, i

ni v koyem sluchaye!)

Then they retranslate,

and realize,

it’s apparently not so,

so as to speak,

by no means,

and it may never be.

…

Matters of style and misunderstanding…

Sublime and inadequate.

Sacred and human.

What else then,

is open to question?

 

©SvetkaSamizdat

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Thanksgiving In the Face Of Misery

In retrospect,

I’m glad I wasn’t born

an Ovechkin.

 

©SvetkaSamizdat

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Unwelcome Thaw

Right day, wrong year…

*Fuck, shit, suck!*

Another year older

and wiser…

And how I realize

Winter’s are too short!

 

©SvetkaSamizdat

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Gone…

We sit down together,

compare notes,

and disappear.

 

©SvetkaSamizdat

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Towel Vision

Wet towel falls away,

exposes soft white body,

life manifest, craved.

 

©SvetkaSamizdat

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Wasted

The Nazi groaned, pained:

Eukodal and Pervitin,

made life worth living.

 

©SvetkaSamizdat

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