Lev Brekhman Poems

On seeing a bloody river,
On seeing a lake of blood,
One feels oneself a retriever.
Retrieve thyself from mud!
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The ransom - to whom it should be paid?
The ransom of your life.
To all the hating, all the dead -
Or to your loving wife?
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This is the life for you.
Sperm can decide your Fate,
Especially in youth.
When love first time is met,
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My head aswim with dreams,
All fantasy - galore!
Perceiving Fate's whims,
I'm sinking more and more.
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Evil is akin to water -
Flows to a low place.
So be tall, give no quarter,
Make your mind a mighty mace.
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Yes, I hear no evil,
And advise you the same.
Never tease the Devil,
Devil is God's middle name.
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To while the time away
Is an interesting pastime.
Be it a night or day,
A minute costs a dime.
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Life will not ever accept,
Your fairest grudges to Fate.
It will not repay you the Debt,
As if it had never been made.
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From fear to forgiveness,
Your falling cry abates.
Who are your flying witnesses?
Night birds and, surely, bats.
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The net, magnificent and evil,
Will soon the Real God become.
We've made a long, unneeded travel,
The Earth is just a punctured drum.
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