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!
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*soviet poet Evgeniy Vinokurov
1984/Literaturniy Institut/Moskva
posted by Matsko7 @ 8:32 AM
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