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2013-09-29 01:19:38 (читать в оригинале)

baltic sea 19. water & wind

fragment 1

now let us stop, let us sit, let us drink some water
we were walking somewhere, we were almost running - let us drink water
we have learned everything - let us drink water
we understand nothing - let us drink water

for the first water is bottled in iron
for the second water is bottled in plastic
for the third water is bottled in glass

only alise's water is bottled in the mirror - and it's the salty crust

for the fourth there is no bottled water, only alcohol
for the fifth there is no bottled water, only liquid to ignite
they are not with us, they’re called tourists
take our breakfast, take our blankets and we’ll go

for the sixth there is no bottled water, only motor oil, gasoline and car glass cleaner
for the seventh is no bottled water, only an LCD-display on the iPad
they can't go with us, they’re called driver and navigator
if they should see us, they’ll take us into the car, if not - they speed past

for the eighth water fills the ear, blouds the legs, swalls the eyes
those people are sick, when we alive & kicking let’s wish them recovery

for the ninth there is water from the spring, from the rain, in the palms
water even in the fast mountain-rivers at the stones of the desert
even in a-class business-centres, with framed metal detectors at the entrance
their water is in the sink, in the cooler & soda-water for free just for them
and wine, and gasoline, and flame are turned into water for them

we are the tenth, those who volunteer, neither these ones, nor those ones, and not outliers
we are extras, all of us always are systematically undescribed
we are very simple, we are half empty
we are half full of meanings, anyway we are poets

self-translation by Daria Sukhovey, 23sep13 (..,) Ventspils
help-translations with Laura Liubinavichute & Larissa Kisloff, (..,) ventspils, 28sep13