to forgotten friend
I've read a poem by Melamed,
poem in Russian - and went to bed.
poem is simple, but very sad -
written in pain by forgotten friend.
Igor, remember snowy nights,
fat man* teaching us of insight.
Rilke, Nabokov & lyric Fet,
promise of glory we never get.
night by the bottle, days by the book.
big brother watching - KGB spook.
interrogation - & a blackmail:
name the names or go to jail.
dear, forgotten soviet time -
do you remember?try to smile...
pain just reminder - we are flash,
painless forever only ash...
night is descending, time to sleep -
poem in Russian don't weep.
every Russian remember must:
Moscow in tears doesn't trust!
________________________
*soviet poet Evgeniy Vinokurov
1984/Literaturniy Institut/Moskva
CAPITALISM, YOU'RE NEVER FULL,
YOU'RE ALWAYS HUNGRY AS A BULL.
YOU'RE ALWAYS RUDE, YOU'RE ALWAYS TOUGH,
YOU'RE NEVER GET A WORD - ENOUGH!
DEMOCRACY - A DREAM OF GREECE -
THE LOVE WE HAVE, BUT ALWAYS MISS.
DEMOCRACY - A LASER BEAM
TO KEEP THE BULL FROM THE EXTREME!
TWO QUOTES
#1:
...TRY TO BETTER POLICE THE BORDER BETWEEN
CAPITALISM AND DEMOCRACY.
R.B.REICH/FRM.LABOR SECRETARY
#2:
...CHALLENGE CAPITALISM MASQUERADING AS DEMOCRACY.
L. FERLINGHETTI
'POETRY AS INSURGENT ART'
did somebody notice?
GOD IS GOOD,
&DEVIL IS EVIL...
BUT GOD COULD DO EVIL & DEVIL COULD DO GOOD
SO WE COULD HAVE
EVILGOD
& GOODEVIL...
lullaby4park
night is coming, night the dark
to the city, to the park.
monsters, animals & dead
smile at us & give us bread.
sleep my child -O O OO O
take a ride on... U F O
through the clouds - to the star,
play with pinkie avatar,
play with A and B and C,
say good buy, or say merci...
sleep my child - forgotten park,
night is coming, night the dark.
