Transitions №3
Author: Igor Kholin
Translated by Ian Probstein
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Everything was breathing near the sea
And in the sea
And further
Fish
That filtered through itself
Tons of water
A girl
After a swim
Lying down on hot pebbles
A dog
Sniffing
For something in the gutter
And simultaneously
Working with its belly
Like bellows
And nothing breathed
Everything was decaying
Fish
Thrown by the sea
on the rock
The girl
On the contrary
Was taken by the sea
And was not found by the divers
The dog
Was hit by the automobile Pobeda
Everything was simultaneous
And simultaneously
There was nothing.
Roles
The role
Of a director
Of Zhadovsky District Industrial Plant
The role
Of a Soda Water Saleswoman
The role
Of the Minister of Justice
The role
Of an assassin
The role
Of а traffic militiaman
The role
Of a trolleybus driver
The role
Of a foreman
The role
of The Izvestia reporter
The role
of a Footballer № 7
The role
Of a plasterer
of kolkhoznik
Teacher
Husband
The role of a Moscow prattler
And other
Roles
The actors
People
Stage
Earth
The Director
God
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In a small room
In a huge pot
Grows
A gigantic
Potted rose
On its branches
Hung on threads
Swing
Apples
You won’t see
It anywhere
It is funny