Dmitry Garanin

Some people are telling me
they are greater poets than I,
more poetic natures.
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I am catastrophically lacking a sense of humor.
My sensitivity threshold is too high
and I only laugh at funniest jokes.
The others don't reach me, unfortunately.
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I remember, in the '80s, in Moscow
I was standing in my kitchen
with a book on Marxism-Leninism in my hands
just slammed shut in indignation -
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I have been working day and night for a year
performing numerical calculations.
I hope to write a big paper,
lengthen my publication list,
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When I hit you hard with a tennis ball
on the side of your head,
I was really sorry.
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The US financial system
is on the verge of collapse.
This can happen anytime
within the next six months.
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Living close to Columbus Avenue
south of Columbia University
not far from the corner of Central Park,
where the statue of the slave trader stands,
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Demosthenes spoke to the sea.
I am waiting for Facebook's reply.
Which of us two is smarter?
I feel sad, still waiting for a reply…
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If Brodsky could have written your poem,
clearly, you are mimicking him.
And if he couldn't have written your poem,
your poem is no good -
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Shares are rallying on a glimmer of hope.
Businesses are counting future profits
from the treaty achieved after a new conflagration,
culminating in talks talks talks…
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Nobody is reading anybody
because everybody can write better
on virtually any subject,
maybe not even deserving attention,
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That night on the plane, as usual,
I was struck by a burst of inspiration.
Rhythms were pulsating in my head,
becoming verse meters.
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I was taught integrity in my childhood,
and now I have finally got the point,
and I'm firing my stupid or amoral friends.
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People are great
and I like them.

But as for me, I am so-so
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My inspiration is so high
that I can reach it only
on the plane.
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Who's an absolute zero -
does his easy downhill rolling.
No thinking about the edge of the Earth.
Little in your sleepy motion
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