I do not mind being away from you Poem by Vera Pavlova

I do not mind being away from you



I do not mind being away from you.
That is not what the problem is.
You will step out to get cigarettes,
will come back, and realize I have aged.
Lord, what a pitiful,
tedious pantomime!
A click of a lighter in the dark,
one puff, and I am no longer loved.

Translation Steven Seymour

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