Lev Brekhman Poems

Never show you are offended,
Never see yourself as victim.
Will not the world be sooner ended,
Than is said the final dictum.
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A tinge of rudeness, maybe,
For the successful sex is needed.
Not sighing loud, 'be or not to be? ! '
Reality of life should surely be heeded.
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They wish me 'Happy Birthday',
But I'm already born.
For love, I am always thirsty,
By love asunder torn.
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It would be great to find the pool,
Where all remembrances are tended.
It must be very, very full,
The previous world was here ended.
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The bestest of your dreams,
The dream of fastest death -
You will not even scream,
All swallowed by earth.
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Bread is just a token
Of the lasting life.
Life can soon be broken,
Bread can get overripe.
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Little flutterings of hope
Are maybe the heart's peril.
It's much better ever mope,
Knowing you're really ill.
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On the brink of an explosion, silent
Walks a man along the street.
Mind a-glittering is trident,
Anybody can he meet.
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Attrition is a sorry sight -
In marriage it is unavoidable.
This can't you even try to fight,
As fighting makes it grow treble.
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Mostly in the act,
But still not quite.
What's he hinting at?
He moves with all his might.
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