FROM THE STORE
it's awkward
buying vodka every day at the store
what will they think
the saleswomen
the girls the cashiers?
you can't say that
i drink through all my money.
no wife.
no one to give the paycheck to.
i just need it to make infusions.
after all the winter's cold
evenings are long
dark all the time.
*
bought some pancakes
with ham and cheese
well i just felt like.
came home, began to fry them.
Sasha called.
everything burned of course.
ate whatever turned out.
bitter
a crisped crust.
that's how you live
the store pancakes milk.
then comes
a Jewish angel
feathers black
knife in left hand.
you open the door.
without crossing the threshold
there looks at you says
softly awright it's time.
let's go.
Translated by Nika Skandiaka
it's awkward
buying vodka every day at the store
what will they think
the saleswomen
the girls the cashiers?
you can't say that
i drink through all my money.
no wife.
no one to give the paycheck to.
i just need it to make infusions.
after all the winter's cold
evenings are long
dark all the time.
*
bought some pancakes
with ham and cheese
well i just felt like.
came home, began to fry them.
Sasha called.
everything burned of course.
ate whatever turned out.
bitter
a crisped crust.
that's how you live
the store pancakes milk.
then comes
a Jewish angel
feathers black
knife in left hand.
you open the door.
without crossing the threshold
there looks at you says
softly awright it's time.
let's go.
Translated by Nika Skandiaka