A 3D film, but a flat-screen viewer

by Tatiana Shcherbina
translated by J. Kates

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A 3D film, but a flat-screen viewer.
The world accessible, but not for wear.
Narcissus having achieved Power
is no an angel, but a Nazi.
Russia shakes like a little boot
beat in the laundry, a butt
pinches the bloodstream
but not a steamroller.

A Star of Captivating Happiness,
on the ruins of despotism —
a bolide of stone no longer warms
it drops bombs!
There are ways to keep from breakage,
like over there? — “Lights on the airfield,
some hope, learning to wait,” without
the condescension of blessing.

Flattened by the roller to 2D, in the photo
you breathe briefly, the quota
chosen to be ars longa, the labor
tenaciously endures.