Tuesday: how to go on writing warm words in round rain?
I’d be happy to speak your name in graphic, soundless
verses, but all the O’s roll out of reach, so should I
roll there along with them to silence, though I long
to be precise and write you upbeat postcards – “Don’t smoke
too much!” etc.
— Matvei Yankelevich from poem [Tuesday: how to go on writing warm words in round rain?]
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