The Gorko Gazette

the dog
smells clouds and earth

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sister threw stone
stone threw sister

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i sacrifice the silence
of the house for you
but you remain silent

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a scarlet star falls from the sky
and everything turns red

blood falls from the sky instead of snow
the executioners fall asleep

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the wild forest opens doors for death
and someone inside me is trying to pave the way

it’s obvious: virgil won’t come
and we’ve been in hell for a long time already

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every evening the trees
fall asleep and don’t wake up

shells are cracked
life is broken in half

bird drinks time
flower underfoot doesn’t scream

spring without end

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Invoice for the future with subsequent payment at the checkout
Out of habit I ask for a large bag and cigarettes
It’s not at all clear whether there is anything in my palms other than lines of silence
The cashier accidentally presses the wrong button and calls the senior manager
There is no way to cancel your subscription to life
I take out change from my holey pockets and count my fingers
Meanwhile my feet stick to the sticky floor like to the coffin
The security guard looks at me askance and checks the detectors for serviceability
I won’t be able to take anything with me or carry it out of this life
My freckles are gone
There’s shit on TV
I’ll have to pay back the loan for everything

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another day the garden talks to me in the speech of emptiness
grape seedlings eyes are covered with tears

the cemetery land will never become the subject of study by historians
the sky is covered with dead sperm forever

I took out the trash
I tore the flowers
I washed my stomach
I sewed up the stomachs of hungry wolves
I became unrecognizable
but you still didn’t love me

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winter tangerines oozing sunny divine liquid
the feeling of procrastination when
your favorite porn actor dies inside you

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the story of silence was interrupted by a thunderstorm
autumn spots spread everywhere
kitten curled up in the corner of the mother’s womb

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Winner of the international competition «Art Against Drugs», bronze medalist of the festival Chestnut House, laureate of the literary competition named after Tyutyunnik.

Published in the journals Dzvin, Dnipro, Bukovinsky journal, Tipton Poetry Journal , Stone Poetry Journal, Divot journal , dyst journal, Superpresent Magazine, Allegro Poetry Magazine, Alternate Route , Better Than Starbucks Poetry & Fiction Journal, Littoral Press , Book of Matches , on the portals Ice Floe Press, Litcenter and ‘Soloneba’, in the Ukrainian literary newspaper etc.

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