Yurii Andrukhovych Poems

Vodka fatally depraves
male company.
There must be at least one woman -
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I could even wash the locomotives
at Keleti station -
just to be nearer Buda with her green
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They say that no one comes here in January.
Not a soul in the palace or the outbuildings,
padlocks on the doors, garden plants in bags,
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In German it's called
Hochsitz.
That kind of wooden cabin on stilts
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….until finally I realised:
I'd been sitting there for a good half hour
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The same smells, the same
scented candles, and various other contraptions:
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we search for the most esoteric knowledge
climb ladders to reach highest sections in the stacks
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Today they talked again about the masturbator.
Summer heat attracts plenty of womenfolk to the riverbank,
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Having hung on the door the triangular sign
with the words Do not disturb please
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We made such an excellent couple
that we would have been perfect for a TV commercial.
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