2 poems || Nikolai Oleynikow

translated from Russian to English by Volodymyr Bilyk

1

In a flat there were

forty-four

forty-four

puny siskins:

Siskin - alcoholic

Siskin - paranoid

Siskin - schizo

Siskin - sham

Siskin - paralyzed

Siskin - with syphilis

Siskin - in marasmus

Siskin - an idiot

2

If you'll eat the candy called "Urchin" in the morning

You're gonna die in the evening