Speaking In Tongues
Ëàâêà ßçûêîâ

Àííà Ãëàçîâà

ÊÀÌÅÍÜ

Anna Glazova

THE STONE

Translated by Mx
 


äàâàé

 
 
íî÷ü
íå ñïèòñÿ â äâåðÿõ
ïëîñêèì òðåñêîì ðàçáèòî îêíî:
ãîëîâà, ñîáàêà è êàìåíü
ÿ óìèðàþ:
ôàêòè÷åñêè íå óìèðàþ âî ñíå
à óìèðàþ âî ñíå ÿ.
ýòî ìàëî, ïî÷åìó
íåòó
íå òàê
íå 42,7o
ñêîëüêî áûëî íàëèòî, à âñ¸ òàêàÿ
íåæèäêàÿ.
è íå íàäî
è êîìó ýòî íàäî.
à êàêàÿ äëèííàÿ ñòðî÷êà: êàêàÿ ÷ðåçâû÷àéíî ïðîäîëæèòåëüíàÿ ïðÿìàÿ ñòðóÿ.
è íå òàì ãäå
è íå ÿ êòî
è äàâàé
íå äàâàé!

come on

 
 
the night
no sleep in the doors
the window is broken with a flat crack:
the head, the dog, and the stone
i'm dying:
in fact i'm not dying in my sleep
yet in my sleep i'm dying.
it's not enough, why
there's no
and so wrong
and not 42,7o
so much has been poured in, and it's still
so unliquid.
and no need to
and who needs it.
and this is oh so long a line: what an extremely continuous straight spurt
and not there where
and not me who
and come on
come off!
 
 

ïèñàòü

 
 
âûíóòà ñåðåäèíà èç êíèãè
ïðîæ¸âàí îãðûçîê
òùàòåëüíî
ðàñùåïëÿÿ îêóðîê
ñîñòîÿíèå íîëü
 
 
âûíóò ïàðîëü èç íîçäðè
ïåðåêàòûâàåòñÿ ïûëü
êîìêàìè
ìåæäó 14 è 190 ñòðàíèöàìè
ïîñòðàäàë ëè îò ýòîãî ðîìàí
 
 
ÿ òóò äîêóðþ
è ïîäòî÷ó ïàëåö
÷òîáû âëåç ìåæäó ñòðîê
ñ ìûëîì èëè
íå ïîñòðàäàë
 
 
óïàë è ñêàòèëñÿ ôèëüòð
âîäà è çóáíàÿ ïàñòà
ÿ òóò ïîêà äîïüþ
äîäóìûâàÿ ñåðåäèíó
è óæàñíûé êîíåö
êàê êàøåëü îò ïûëè
 
 

to write

 
 
the middle of the book is taken out
the stump is eaten to the core
elaborately
splitting the stub
a zero state
 
 
the password is extracted from the nostril
the flakes of house moss
roll over
between the pages 14 and 190
does this affect the novel
 
 
i'll finish here my cigarette
and sharpen this little finger
to fit between the lines
like lathered or
does it stay unhurt
 
 
the filter has now fallen away
water and toothpaste
i'll finish here my drink
and think through the middle to
the terrible ending
like house moss hacking
 
 

* * *

 
 
âåñòèáóëÿðíî
ðàâíîâåñèå
îñîáåííî ïîñëå
âîñïàëåíèÿ ïëîñêîé ñòîïû
âîñïàëåíèÿ òîëñòîé ëîäûæêè
 
 
âîñïàëåíèÿ ïðîòåçà:
æ¸ëòîé êóëüòè
÷¸ðíàÿ ðóêà, áîëò
øòèôò, àìàëüãàìà
êîçüÿ íîæêà
ùèòîê æåëåçû
 
 
ïîñëå ïîéëà
èç ðàçáèòîé ïîñóäû
(æàëü âûëèòü
ðîò â îñêîëêàõ ñòåêëà
â êðàñíîêîðè÷íåâîì)
íåíàäîëãî ëåâî è ïðàâî
âîñcòàíîâëåíî, è òîãäà
 
 
ðàâíîâåñèå
îòòåñíÿåò
ëþáîå æåëàíèå
ëþáîé ãèïîôèç
ëþáîé ïðîòåç
íà çàäíèé ïëàí
 
 

* * *

 
 
vestibular
is the equilibrium
particularly after
the flatfoot inflammation
the thick ankle inflammation
 
 
the pillion inflammation:
the yellow stump's
black arm, the screw-bolt
the pin, the amalgam
the molar forceps
the thyroid little shield
 
 
after the belly-wash
from the broken tea-cup
(a shame to waste
the mouth all in shards
in reddish-brown)
the left and the right are for awhile
restored, and then
 
 
the equilibrium
presses back
any craving
any hypophysis
any prosthesis
back to the background
 
 

ñâÿçü ñ ïðî÷èì

 
 
÷òî-òî áîëòàåòñÿ òðóáêîé âî ðòó
êîòîðûì
êîëè÷åñòâî ïåð忏âàííîé
êîñòíîé ìóêè
âìåñòî òîãî ÷òîáû êóðèòü
óäàëèìñÿ ñ êîòîðîé òîáîé
â öåëëîôàí
â êîòîðîì
âûñóíÿ òîëñòûé ïðûùàâûé ÿçûê
â êîòîðîì
æèâ¸øü ìûøü ïîä ïîëîì
â êîòîðîì
äí¸ì è íî÷üþ íå êîí÷àåòñÿ òóñêëûé äîæäü
è äóðíûå öèòàòû êàòåòåðíûå
ïðîáóÿ äîëëàð íà çóá
îáíàðóæèâàåøü íåñõîäñòâî:
æèâîòíîå è òðóáêà
ïóçûðü è ìî÷à
êîòîðàÿ
òðàâà è âå÷åð
äîæäü è íåáîëüøàÿ
êðûñà è ìûøèíûé òðóï
êîòîðûé
 
 

connection to the other et alia

 
 
something is dangling like a pipe in the mouth
by which
the bulks of the chewed
bonemeal
instead of smoking
we'll retreat with the which one of you
into the cellophane
in which
sticking out the fat pustular tongue
in which
you are living a mouse under floorboards
in which
day or night the dingy rain never ends
nor lamebrain catheter quotes
by biting the dollar to test it
you find out the dissimilitude:
an animal and a pipe
a bladder and urine
which
is a grass and an evening
a rain and a midsize
rat and the mouse spoils
which
 
 

îäíàæäû ïîçäíî âå÷åðîì

 
 
â ðàêîâèíó ïàäàåò ôîòîãðàôèÿ êàìíÿ
ðàêîâèíà ðàçáèâàåòñÿ
ðàçáèâàåòñÿ êàìåíü
â ãîëóáîì êàíüîíå
âîäîïðîâîä
âîäà
â áåëîé âîäå ðàñòâîð öåëëþëîçû
ôîòîáóìàãà è ëóíà
îòðàæàåòñÿ, ãàñíåò
ëàìïî÷êà
â âîäó ñ øèïåíèåì
êîðîòêî
áëÿìê
çàìûêàíèåì
õëîðíàÿ ÷èñòêà çóáîâ
â òåìíîòå
â áóðå
â ñòàêàíå âîäû
 
 

late one night

 
 
the photo of a stone is falling into the porcelain
the porcelain shatters
the stone mashes
in the blue canyon
the plumbing
water
and the chemical pulp diluted in white water
the hard paper and the moon
is reflected, there the bulb
fizzles out
into the water, sizzling
short
plonk
circuit
bleaching the teeth out
in the dark
in the borax
in the storm in the porcelain tea-cup
 
 

â ïîñûëêå – ïàëåö,…

 
 
â òîé òî÷êå ãäå ñðàñòàåòñÿ
ïîçâîíîê è òåëåôîí
òîð÷èò ãëóïî âûðâàííûé ïàëåö
çàâ¸ðíóòûé â áåëûé íîñîê
 
 
â òîì ìåñòå ãäå ïðîèñõîäèò
òî÷êà ïëàâëåíèÿ íîãîòü
ææ¸ííûì õèòèíîì
 
 
ãðîìûõàÿ êîñòüþ
 
 
òîïîðùà ôàëàíãîé òêàíü
 
 
÷àñòü òåáÿ äëÿ ìåíÿ
 
 
ñëîâî ðóøèòñÿ
ôîòî ðóøèòñÿ
 
 
âñåñîææåíèå ïàëüöà
 
 
ïåïåëüíûé ëèê¸ð
 
 

there's a finger in the parcel,...

 
 
in the point of ingrowth
of a vertebra and a telephone
there's a finger sticking out, stupidly torn off
wrapped in a white sock
 
 
in the point where there's a
point of melting, a nail
by the burnt chitin
 
 
by banging the bone
 
 
by puckering the tissue with its phalanx
 
 
a part of you for me
 
 
word falling
photo falling
 
 
the total finger cremation
 
 
the ash liquor
 
 

ëèòð áåíçèíà…

 
 
íåò ÿ ïðàâäà íå çíàþ çà÷åì
ïîëîñàìè ðâàíûõ ïðîñòûíåé
êîëü÷àòûìè ÷åðâÿìè
ýëåêòðîííûå áèîâîëîñû
÷àñîâûå ïîÿñà
óìåþò ñâÿçàòü
 
 
ëóæà êåíòóêêè áóðáîíà
äèêèé êàáàí íå òî òóðîê
ÿðêàÿ ñïè÷êà èäèîòñêè-èþíüñêîãî ñîëíöà
êëÿï â ïèñüìåííîé ôîðìå
ñëîâî ðóøèòñÿ ôîòî ðóøèòñÿ
èìÿ ïîäïîëçàåò æèâîé áèêôîðäîâ øíóð
è îáðàç íå ðàññûïàåòñÿ
ïðîñòî ïîòîìó ÷òî åãî íåò
 
 

a liter of gasoline...

 
 
no i really don't know why
the strips of torn bedsheets
annelidae
electronic biohair
of the time zones
should tie up so well
 
 
a puddle of kentucky bourbon
a wild boar or turk
a bright match flame of the idiot june sun
a gag in writing
word falling photo falling
name crawling up a living fuse wire
and the image not crumbling
just because it's not there
 
 

…è íåìíîãî âîäû

 
 
÷åëîâåêîñàäèñòñêîå ñëîâî
ðóøèòñÿ
çàãðåáàÿ ÿçûêîì ëàâèíû
ôîòî
ðóøèòñÿ îáðóøèâàÿ ùåáåíü
ñêâîçü çàâàëû ïðîáèðàåòñÿ
ìàëåíüêîå ñëîâî èç ÷åòûð¸õ çåë¸íûõ áóêâ
è íåïðèÿòíàÿ çåë¸íàÿ ðóêà
ïîä îáëîìêàìè
óõà íîâûì èìåíåì
ðàçáèòàÿ ðàêîâèíà
ðóøèòñÿ
÷òî-òî ïîäïîëçàåò
 
 

...and some water

 
 
the humanly sadistic word
falling
scooping with the avalanche tongue
the photo
falling carrying gravel along
through the blockages there is a
small word of four green letters groping
and an unpleasant greenish hand
under the rubble
of the ear with a new name
broken into shards of the porcelain auricle
which is falling
something crawling up



 óæ

    ÿäîâèòîå æàëî äâóìÿ ïàëüöàìè
    âçÿâ
    íàùóïàþ âûõîä óæà
    äâóìÿ ïàëüöàìè æ¸ëòûå óøêè äåðæà
    â êîëå÷êî ïàëüöåâ îïóñòèâ åãî
    ãîëîâó ñ òðåòüèìè âåêàìè ãëàç
    ÿ ñòÿíó åìó êîæó ñ ëèöà
    çàãëÿíó ïîãëóáæå â ôàñåòêè
    îòîðâó íîæêè
    îäíó çà îäíîé
    è ãðåìó÷èé õâîñò
    ðàçäàâëþ ÿäîâèòîé ÷åëþñòüþ:


    ýòî ïðèâêóñ áîëîòà
    ýòî ïðèâêóñ áîëîòà



 the grass snake

    the venomous sting with two fingers
    taking
    i'll feel for the grass snake's orifice
    with two fingers his yellow ears pinching
    pressing his head with its ptosed third eyewinkles
    down into the ring of my fingers
    i'll pull the skin off his face
    i'll look deep into his facets
    i'll tear off his little legs
    one by one
    and his rattletail
    i'll quash with my virulent jaw:


    this is the smack of a swamp
    this is the smack of a swamp

 
 

íî÷ü

 
 
îäèí
ñ íåáà óïàëî 2 ãðàììà äîæäÿ
3 ÷àñà
4 ïàëüöà
5
 
 
1 ëåòó÷àÿ ìûøü èç êèíî
â óãëó óìèðàåò
1 â ïîñòåëè
 
 
4 ÷àñà
ó ñîñåäåé ñ 2 äî 5
èãðàëà ìóçûêà
èç øêàòóëêè
1 áàëåðèíêà
ñ 1 íîãîé
â îáà óõà áü¸ò
 
 
êàê îíà áü¸ò
êîòîðûé ÷àñ
èëè ÿ óæå ñïëþ
êòî-òî óìåð
êàêèå äåòè
 
 
*
 
 
à â 5 óòðà
1 ðåá¸íîê
2 ðåá¸íîê
3 ðåá¸íîê
êàê îíè îðóò â÷åòâåðîì
èëè ÿ åù¸ ñïëþ
ìóçûêà èç øêàòóëêè
 
 

night

 
 
one
2 grams of rain have fallen from the sky
3 o'clock
4 fingers
5
 
 
1 bat from the movie
is dying in the corner
alone in bed
 
 
4 o'clock
from 2 to 5 the neighbors
had music in their place
from a music box
1 tiny ballerina
with 1 leg
thrashes against both ears
 
 
how she's been thrashing
what time is it now
or am i asleep already
someone has died
what children
 
 
*
 
 
and at 5 o'clock
1 child
2 child
3 child
how they scream, all 4
or am i still asleep
the music box music
Èëëþñòðàöèÿ Îëüãè Ðÿáöîâîé
 
 

ëàíäøàôò

 
 
íåãîðîäñêîå çäàíèå
                             ñèíÿÿ ñëèâà
îãðîìíîå íåáî
                             ãîëóáàÿ ðîæü
÷óæîå ëèöî
                             ãîëóáèíàÿ îòìåëü
ãîëóáÿòíÿ ÷àñòîêîë
                             áëåäíîå ãîâíî
÷åëîâå÷åñêèé ðàçãîâîð (òàì)
                             ïðîçðà÷íàÿ äâåðü
âîéòè áåç çâóêà
                             êàæåòñÿ
 
 

landscape

 
 
an unurban building
                    a blue plumtree
a huge blue sky
                    a blue rye
an unknown face
                    a bluejay shoal
a dove loft the palings
                    pale shit
a human conversation (over there)
                    a transparent door
to enter without a sound
                    probably
 
 

* * *

 
 
âîò, çàâåðòåëîñü:
ë¸ãêàÿ ïåòëÿ íîñîãëîòêè
ðâàíûå ïÿòîíîñêè
íà íîñêàõ è êèñòè
âûâåðíóòûå ëîêòè
äåâî÷êà ëåò ÷åòûð¸õ
âîäêà â ë¸ãêèõ
òÿæ¸ëûé áàíò
êîæà, øàæêè
êàêîé ïüÿíûé áàëåò
ïîòíîå
ëè÷èêî
 
 

* * *

 
 
here, it twirls again:
an easy noose of nasopharynx
torn heel-toes
on the tip-toes and the back-hands
wrenched elbows
a girl of about 4
vodka in her lungs
a heavy bow tied
the skin, the small steps
what a drunk ballet
sweaty
little face
 
 

15 ìèí.

 
 
âäîëü ÷åòâåðòè ÷àñà
è䏸ü çàäðàâ íà ãîëîâó êðóãëûé ïîäîë
íå ñëûøà
áîëåå-ìåíåå íå âèäÿ
âðàùàÿ óãëû ñåáÿ
âîêðóã ñåáÿ
ñåáÿ
 
 
ïîñëå âðàùåíèÿ ÷åòâåðòè ÷àñà
óñïåâàåøü òîëüêî
ïðèäåðæàòü ãîëîâó
óæå îáâèñàåò
óçêèé ìîêðûé ïîäîë
âîêðóã
 
 

15 min

 
 
along the quarter of an hour
you're walking covering the head with your
                                 rounded skirts
without hearing
more or less without seeing
revolving your own corners
around yourself
yourself
 
 
and when the quarter of an hour has revolved
you barely have time
to hold your head still
they are hanging limp already
those wet narrow skirts
around
 
 

äâà êàìíÿ

 
 
êîâàíûì çóáîì
èçíè÷òîæàÿ ãíîéíîå áåçå
î ÷¸ì äóìàåò
ñòî÷èâøàÿ î ïèðîæíûå
çóáíóþ ýìàëü
 
 
ÿ áû – î áîëüøèõ êàìíÿõ â çîëîòå
ÿ áû – î áëåñêå çâ¸çä íà ìåòàëëå
ÿ áû – î íî÷íîì ïðîáëåñêå ëóíû
ÿ áû – î ëèòðàõ èñõîäÿùåé êðîâè
ÿ áû – î ãîðàõ îäåÿë è î êðåñëàõ
 
 
è óæ íèêàê íå î çóáíîì
è óæ íèêàê íå î æ¸ëòîì
è óæ íèêàê íå î áåòîííûõ ñòóïåíÿõ
äà ÿ è òàê óæå íå
 
 
íî îíà äóìàåò: à âäðóã?
à ÿ?
 
 

two stones

 
 
devouring the purulent meringues
with the wrought iron tooth
what does the one
who had ground the enamel down
on the patisserie think of
 
 
i would've thought of large stones in gold
i would've thought of stars glistening on metal
i would've thought of the night glimpse of the moon
i would've thought of the blood gushing out by barrels
i would've thought of blanket mountains and armchairs
 
 
but never of the dental
never of the yellow
never of the concrete steps
and i'm no longer as i am
 
 
but she thinks: what if?
and me?
Èëëþñòðàöèÿ Îëüãè Ðÿáöîâîé
 
 

øïàíñêèå ïîìèäîðû

 
 
èòàê, áûëî ðàíî äåëàòü âûâîäû.
âûõîäÿ íà ñóõîé áàëêîí,
âîçâðàùàëèñü ñ äûðîé â ãîëîâå
ïî÷òè âñÿêèé ðàç.
 
 
è òàê. áûëî. íî âñåãäà.
âûõîäÿ. èç âîäû îñòàâàÿñü
ñ ñóõîé ãîëîâîé.
 
 
òàê ýòî è áûëî. èõ âûâîäèëè
ñ áàëêîíà ñ ñóõîé äûðîé
â ÷åðåïêå.
 
 
òàê çàñîõëî ÷åòûðå öâåòíûõ ïîìèäîðà
æåëòûé çåë¸íûé è êðàñíûé
èõ âûâîäèëè â ãîðøêå
íà ãëèíÿíûõ ÷åðåïêàõ
èç ñóõîãî ïðîëîìà â âîäå.
 
 

love apples

 
 
so, it was too premature to draw the conclusions.
upon any retreat to the dry balcony
they came back with a gap in the head
almost every time.
 
 
and so. it happened. yet always.
on the way back. from the water the
head remained dry.
 
 
so this is how it happened. they were escorted
from the balcony with a dry gap
in the brainpan
 
 
so this is how four colored tomatoes withered
the yellow the green and the red
they had been cultivated in the pan
on the potsherds
from a dry gap in the water.
 
 

êðîìàíüîíåö

 
 
êðåìíèé â ïàëüöàõ,
ñèëèêîíîâûé ñêðèï
óäóøàåò
íå îñòàíîâèòüñÿ
â ãîðÿ÷åì ïåñêå
ãîëîâíÿ è äåðåâà êóñîê
ñîîðóæàåøü:
äåðåâà êóñîê
ãîëîâíþ
êóñîê
ñïè÷êó
ùåïîòêó ïåñêà
ñâåðõó êóñêîì äåðåâà
ìàãíèé, ñåðó è êðåìåíü
ïîäæèãàåøü èñêðîé
îòðàæàÿñü â ñòåêëå
íåìåäëåííî âñïûõèâàåò
ðâàíîå áåëîå ïëàìÿ
 
 

the cro-magnon

 
 
the silicon under the fingers
the silicon crunch
stifling
no stopping in the
scalding sands
a charred log and a piece of wood
you're erecting:
a piece of wood
a charred log
a piece
a matchstick
a pinch of sand
covered with a piece of wood
magnesium, sulphur and silicon
are fired with a spark
reflecting in the glass
immediately the
torn white flame bursts
 
 

îðåõ

 
 
æåñòîêðûëûì ïàðàøþòîì
òàðàêàí ëîæèòñÿ íà ëàäîíü.
ðàñïóñêàåòñÿ ïëàòàí, íà ëàäîíü
ëîæèòñÿ ñòðó÷îê, êàìåíü,
ãîòîâàÿ êóêîëêà, æåòîí.
óñïîêàèâàåøüñÿ.
óæå íå òàê æàëêî
êðîâè è ïåñòèöèäîâ.
 
 
ñïîêîéíî: ýòî íå òàðàêàí
à øåëêîâè÷íîå äåðåâî
èñïà÷êàëî çåìëþ
ïðîêèñëûì ñîêîì è ïòè÷üèì ãîâíîì.
 
 

the nut

 
 
like a coleopterous parachute
a hard-winged croton-bug is lighting upon my palm.
the plane is blooming, and the palm
of my hand welcomes the follicle, the stone,
the ready-made chrysalis, a token.
and you calm down.
you're not sorry about
wasted blood and pesticides anymore.
 
 
play it cool: it's not a cockroach
it's a mulberry tree
that has soiled the soil
with its turned juice and bird turds
 
 

ôîñôîð

 
 
âòèðàþ â âîëîñû ñïèðàëü
èç ãëàç âûòÿãèâàåòñÿ ïðóæèíîé
ãëóáîêî è äàëåêî
òû ãëóáîêî è äàëåêî
ìíîãî ñèíåé âîäû è áîëüøàÿ âîðîíêà
ãäå çàòîíóë âîçäóõ
ãëóáîêî êàê ãëóáîêî ÿ óâÿçàþ â äþíå
íå ïðèïîäíÿòü âñþ ïîâåðõíîñòü
óòîïàþ ãäå çàòîíóëî ìîðå
è ïðåñíûå êîñòè íåóïðóãî
óéäóò çàêðó÷åííûì ôîñôîðîì â îêåàí
 
 

the phosphor

 
 
i'm rubbing a helix into my hair
and like a coil spring it tears from my eyes
too deep and too far
you're too deep and too far
so much blue water and so deep a vortex
where the air has drowned
so deep as deep as i've sunk in this dune
and can't lift all the surface
i'm sinking where the sea had drowned
and my vapid bones inflexibly
will go under the ocean like the spiralled phosphor
 
 

2/3 ñíà

 
 
ïðèðàñòàåò ê ãðóäè ðóêà
îïóñêàåøü íîãó íà ãðóäü
÷òîáû óñíóòü îïóñêàåøü
ïðàâûé ãëàç â ëåâóþ ðóêó
â ðóêó ëåâóþ ïðàâîé ìåíÿ
âîëîñû â óõî è ïÿòêó íà ñòåíó
÷åðåç ëåâîå ïëå÷î 2/3 íå àíôàñ íå ïðîôèëü
â ñîí çàâîðà÷èâàÿñü êàê â ëîñêóòíîå îäåÿëî
ïðèðàñòàåò ê ãðóäè ãîëîâà âïîëîáîðîòà
ðàññòèëàåòñÿ ë¸òíîå ïîëå
 
 

2/3 of a dream

 
 
the hand grows into the breast
you lower your leg across it gently
to sleep you put your
right eye down into the left hand
and let me down there too with your left right one
the hair into the ear and the heel onto the wall
2/3 across the left shoulder not full-face not sidewise
enveloping into sleep like a quilt
the head solders into the breast half-turned
and the airfield unfolds
 
 

* * *

 
 
ssso
(e. jandl)
 
 
õî÷åøü – ïàäàåøü
õî÷åøü – âñòà¸øü
õî÷åøü
 
 
íå õî÷ó
íå õî÷ó
íå õî÷ó
 
 
ïàäàåøü – õî÷åøü
õî÷åøü – âñòà¸øü
ïîñìîòðèøü
óïà䏸ü
 
 
õî÷ó
õî÷ó
õî÷ó
êàê õî÷ó
 
 
áóäåøü – íå áóäåøü
à ïàäàåøü
õî÷åøü – íå õî÷åøü
óïà䏸ü
ïàäàåøü – íå ïàäàåøü
â áóäóùåå
 
 
õî÷ó è áóäó
 
 

* * *

 
 
ssso
(e. jandl)
 
 
you want — you fall
you want — you get up
you want
 
 
i don't
i don't
i don't
 
 
you fall — you want
you want — you get up
you'll see
you'll fall
 
 
i do
i do
i do
as i want to
 
 
you will — you won't
but fall
you want — you don't
you will
you fall — you don't
fall into the will-be
 
 
i do and i will
 
 

áåñêîíå÷íàÿ ñòðî÷êà

 
 
è òîãäà òû íàêîíåö ïîäíèìàåøü òâîè ÿùåðè÷üè ãëàçà öâåòà áîëîòà ïîäíèìàåøü íà ñâåò íåñêàçàííîå òðåòüå âñïóõøåå âåêî è áîëîòíûì îãí¸ì çàãîðàåòñÿ ïóëüñ â ìîåé ïðÿìîé ãðóäè áåç âñÿêîãî ñîìíåíèÿ. ÿ ëåæó â òèõîé ëóæå. ìåäëåííî âñêèïàþò ïóçûðè è òû ÷óâñòâóåøü êèñëîðîä ïîêèäàåò è íå ïîìîæåò. ÿ âñ¸ åù¸ ó öâåòà áîëîòà áîëîòà è áëåäíîé áëåäíîé ïîðîñëüþ ïîêðûâàåòñÿ ãîëîäíîå ãîëîå íå-òè-äà õîëîäíîé ìóðàøêîé ñèíÿÿ èñêðà áåæèò ïîäæå÷ü
âîëîñ çàïàõøèé âäðóã ðòóòíîé çåëåíüþ è íåÿñíîé ñåðîé è çíàåøü. ñâåòèòñÿ ñâåòîì ñïðÿìë¸ííûì æèâîé ïàðàçèò áåç âûðàæåíèÿ ñ÷àñòüÿ íà ëèöå íó ÷òî æå. îñòà¸òñÿ òóøèòü
ôîíàðü î æèâîå ë¸ãêîå êðûëî ìîçãà áåç ëüäà áåç ëüáà è
æäàòü þðêîé ÿùåðèöû ñãîðåâøåé â îãíå áëåäíîé òî÷êîé è ïîêîÿñü ðóìÿíûì êðûëîì íà ïîêîÿõ îñòàâëåííîãî çàáûòîãî òîëüêî çàâòðàøíåãî íå âîëîêîííîãî êîëüöåâîãî îãíÿ ÿ
ëþáëþ òåáÿ ÿ ëþáëþ òåáÿ ÿ òû îþáëþ òåáÿ òû ëþáëþ òû ëþ
áîëü âå íå ëà áî
 
 

an unending line

 
 
and then at last you raise your lizard eyes the colour of the swamp you raise to the light your nameless puffed-up third eyelid and the pulse beats up with the fenfire in my straight breast and doubtless. i'm wallowing in a stillpool. the bubbles boil up slowly and you feel the oxygen is leaving and no help. and i'm still at the colour of the swamp the quagmire and the hungry the naked the stark yeahornay is being covered up with the pale pallid flush sourmust like cold creepers the blue spark is running to set the single hair on fire which suddenly smells of mercury green and slurry grey sulphur and you know. the straightened living vermin with a hapless little face well whatever. the only thing is to stifle the lantern with the beating weightless wing of the brain iceless eyesless iless unless the dapper little lizard turns up that had burnt up into a pale point and reclining like a rubicund wing in the diapausal requiescence of the forsaken forgotten only tomorrow's not filamental ringfire i love you i love you i you love laugh augh lie ovo eye love u
 
 

êóêîëêè

 
 
òðåñíóòûå öåëëyëîèäíûå
òðóïèêè æèâûõ êóêîëîê
ëè÷èíîê êîêîí ëîïíóë
ñ òèõèì ñêðåæåòêîì
ìåõàíè÷åñêè áóëüêíóë îðãaí
îò÷å íàø àííî äîìèíè íå ââåäè â èñêóøåíèå ñàíêòè
â ÷¸ðíî-ñåðîì òóìàíå ïîâèñëè
ñåäûå âîëîêíà êîðïóñêóëû ñëîâ
â òâî¸ì èìåíè òðè ñîãëàñíûõ
ýòî ÿ åù¸ ïîìíþ
îñòàëüíîå ïîêðûëîñü ãîðÿùåé êîðîñòîé
òóìàíà, îðãaíà, êóêîëüíîé
êëîêî÷óùåé ðå÷è
ïñèõîøàðìàíêè
áîðìîòàíèÿ
ñåðäöà õðèñòîâà
èç òðóáîê èç ïëàñòèêà
 
 

the nymphs

 
 
the cracked celluloid
carcasses of living dolls
the chrysalis has burst
with soft dry skirr
the great organ has gargled mechanically
pater noster anno domini lead us not into
                            temptation sancti
in the ash-black fog there hangs
the gray lint of corpuscular words
there are three consonants in your name
this much i still remember
but the rest is now covered with the burning scald
of the fog, of the pipe organ, of the dolls'
guggling palabra
from the barrel organ
of the bubbling
from the heart of christ
made of plastic pipes
 
 

ïåøêîì

 
 
â àêâàëàíã ñöåæèâàÿ æèäêîå ë¸ãêîå
âòîðîïÿõ êîå-êàê ïîäëå÷èâàÿ ðåáðî
âåòîøêîé åãî ïîäîòêíóâ
ïëàñòûðåì îáû÷íî çåë¸íîãî öâåòà
ÿ çëîâåùå èñêðÿ ýëåêòðè÷åñêèì ñêàòîì
óõîæó îò áåðåãà íå ñìîòðÿ
êóñòîâ
ôîíàðåé
ìåñòà
íå çàìåòèâ ôëàãøòîêîì è êàìíåì
ãäå çàðûòà îäåæäà èç ø¸ëêà
íå êàó÷óêà
äî âîçâðàùåíèÿ
îòëîæåíèå ñîëåé âûõîäèò ñëåçàìè
îòëîæåíèå æèðà óõîäèò ïî íî÷àì:
âîäà íå ëþáèò ëèøíèé âåñ
 
 

heel-and-toe

 
 
racking the liquid lung off into the scuba
hurry-scurrying through dressing the rib
with a rag, treating it
with a band-aid, usually green
dismally sparkling like a numbfish i'm
walking away from the shore without watching
the shrubs
the beacons
without marking the
spot with a staff and a stone
where the silk gown is buried
but not my rubber costume
until i'm back
salt deposits run out with the tears
fat deposits thin out at night:
the water doesn't like overweight
 
 

êóêëà

 
 
ÿ ïîãíóëàñü
íà ðàçðåçå îñòàëîñü ëåæàòü ïÿòíî
ïîãíóëàñü è îáðàòíî
íà ñãèáå âçäðîãíóëà
òîïîðùàñü êðóãëàÿ äûðêà
 
 
ðàçîãíóëàñü
è áðîñèëàñü ëåæàòü
çàêëèíèëî
ðîò
 
 
êèíóëî
ÿ ïîãíóëàñü íà ïîë ñâåëî
 
 
ïîñâåòëåëî â îêíå
íî òåìíî îêîëî
íà ñãèáå ó ëîêòÿ òðåùèíà òÿíåò áîëüþ
è âíèç
 
 
ÿ ïîãíóëàñü âåðõ
âìåñòî ãîëîâû âåäðî öåëëóëîèäà
êâàäðàòíàÿ äûðêà ðòà
êðóãëàÿ îò íîãè
 
 
ÿ ïîãíóëîñü
ÿ ïðîèçîøëî
 
 

the doll

 
 
i bent
and the blot was left on the spot of the cut
i bent there and back
and the round hole shuddered
and ridged at the bend
 
 
i straightened out
and took to my lying up
the mouth
has jammed
 
 
it threw me
i bent i cramped to the floor
 
 
the window lit up
but it's dark all about it
at the bend of the arm the crack is dragging its ache
and down
 
 
i bent up
and the bucket of plastic's in place of my head
the rectangular hole of the mouth
circular from the leg
 
 
i bent
i happened
 
 

* * *

 
 
÷ðåçâû÷àéíî! íåóïîëíîìî÷åííî!
(êðèêè íà óëèöå
æóðíàë íà îêíå)
íåîæèäàííî! ïðîèñøåñòâèå!
(êðîâàâîå ÷/á íà ðàçâîðîòå,
â îáìåí íà ìåëî÷ü â æàäíîé äåòñêîé ðóêå)
íåòîðîïëèâî
ðàçãëàäèâ ïî ñòîëó
áîëüøóþ
øèðîêóþ
ãëÿíöåâóþ áóìàãó
ñ ôîòîãðàôèåé êðèêà
è ñõâàòèâøèñü çà ÷òî ïîïàëî
ïðîëèâàåøü
3/4 æèäêîñòè à çàòåì
îñòàâøèåñÿ 3 ñòàêàíà
èç 4: ÷ðåçâû÷àéíà!
êðîâü ãîðëîì!
 
 

* * *

 
 
extraordinary! unauthorized!
(screams in the street
the magazine on the windowsill)
unexpected! emergency!
a bloody black-and-white at the spread,
for a coin in the boy's groping hand
unhurriedly
smoothing the big
wide
glossy paper
over the tabletop
with the photo of the scream
and grabbing whatever comes to hand
you spill
3/4 of the liquid and then
the remaining 3 glasses out
of 4: extraordinary!
the blood from the throat!
 
 

âñòàòü

 
 
ñêóëû íàòÿãèâàþòñÿ ãîð÷àùåé
ñòîë
è êîð÷è íåæíåé
âåçäå ïîëó-
òðåòü-
âñòàòü-
ñòîë.
î íåãî îïåðåòüñÿ.
 
 
ñêóëû âñòàòü îïàñàþòñÿ
ñîïðîòèâëåíèå
ñÿäü. êðåñëî.
ñòîë.
âèñêîì î êðàé
âñòàòü-
 
 
îñêîìèíà ñîêîì
ñòîë
êîð÷è óñóãóáëÿþòñÿ
òîëüêî òðîíü
âñòàòü- è
ðóõíåøü
 
 
ñòîë.
âñòàòü-
ñòîë
âñòàòü-
 
 
âñòàòü-
âñòàòü-
 
 

up

 
 
the facebones are tight with the bitter
the desk
and the writhes are tendre
everywhere a half-
a third-
up-
the desk.
setting against it.
 
 
the facebones fear to be up
resistence
sit. the armchair.
the desk.
the temple against the edge
up-
 
 
the juice sets the teeth on edge
the desk
the writhes worsen
just touch
up- and
you'll crumple up
 
 
the desk.
up-
desk
up-
 
 
up-
up-
 
 

* * *

 
 
ñëûøèøü ïîëîñû è âîçäóøíîå ïîëå?
ýòî òåëîì ðàññòèëàÿ âîçäóõ
ïàäàåò íåâåñîìîå
âäîëü âîëíû
âñêðûâàÿ ãëàäü êîòîðàÿ òðåñíóëà
âðåìÿ îñûïàëîñü âìåñòå ñî ñëîâîì
è ñëîâîì è âðåìåíåì ïðåíåáðåãàÿ ïðîñòðàíñòâîì
è åãî øóðøàùåé ôîíåòèêîé
îñûïàÿ ãîðÿùóþ ÷åøóþ è ïåíó
èç îñêîëêîâ òðåùèí è ïîïåðå÷íîãî
âðåìÿïåðåñå÷åíèÿ
ïåðåâðåìÿñî÷ëåíåíèÿ
âðåìÿïðîñòðàíñòâîñå÷åíèÿ
óñå÷åíèåñîòâîðåíèÿ
ïðîñòîïðåñòàâëåíèÿ
ïåðåïîñòàíîâëåíèÿ
âðåìÿñâåäåíèÿ:
òâî¸
òû
âñ¸
òî
òî ÷òî íå ðóøèòñÿ
 
 

* * *

 
 
do you hear the strips and the airfield
this is something exile falling
unfolding the air with its body
along the wave
dissecting its cracked surface
the time has fallen with the word
the word and the time disdained ignoring the space
and its rustling phonetics
crumbling the flaming squamae and foam
from the shards of cracks and the traverse
chronodecussation
transchronoarticulation
chronospatiacrosssection
truncocreation
justdoomsday
resolution
of the chronocontraction:
yours
you
is all
that
is not falling ever