Солнце до востребования в такие дни острей заметен...

Sun on demand

hunger is sharper on such days
what happened so early in the past
and autumn covers this city
like a schoolboy a jamb of marijuana
Watching TV, empty the container
smoke two packs per day
handing over trees to sidewalk cards
and the Russian god is ready for hibernation
your friend in Siberia (if he were closer) ...
mixing alcohol desperately with Coca-Cola
he probably writes something there too
borrowing from the Brodsky verb
he writes that neither the authorities nor the crown
doesn’t want to feed the tits yesterday
and that in the corner hangs an old icon
like a door from here to a parallel world

(c) A. Greenwald