Mind

Machine, reason, AI. 46 poems.

01 Когда пишу от руки - буквы Когда пишу от руки - буквы нарезают рвы. Я задыхаюсь в смыслах - они, как белуги, переливают свои голоса в зазубренные… MMXXVI
02 And how old you are — doesn't matter — And how old you are — doesn't matter — those years are long gone. The past is screwed into thoughts, like curlers worn… MMXXVI
03 You're looking at a point between the wall and the moon, You're looking at a point between the wall and the moon, and I in that same place yesterday was burying a star under th… MMXXVI
04 Red, like a brand in memory, — Red, like a brand in memory, — Shameful, but bright. White wants to be left alone. Black grabs tight, flooding every th… MMXXVI
05 With scissors out of the fog I cut out With scissors out of the fog I cut out origami - carefully drawing out lines and intricate images of the past into some… MMXXV
06 There logic Smashes Against some kind of There logic Smashes Against some kind of Subcutaneous chemistry — She read All my poems — can you imagine? — And blocke… MMXXV
07 At night I wanted to drink water, but At night I wanted to drink water, but poured myself vodka, with expression I read out to the coffee grinder, what was s… MMXXV
08 Caught myself on the thought, that I haven't eaten for three, Caught myself on the thought, that I haven't eaten for three, or maybe four weeks homemade, straight out of childhood,… MMXXV
09 There, where there was a Home There, where there was a Home yesterday, straw smoulders to the tune of a round dance, that Freedom — feminine gender —… MMXXV
10 I today am writing I today am writing only to you The Most Important Lines… And you look at them, thinking to yourself, The fuck for?.. to… MMXXV
11 Extremes Sat on the couch. Scream. Extremes Sat on the couch. Scream. Yesterday detox, Today into Shchi. Sit quiet, Don't tremble — These are Extremes. Go… MMXXV
12 I stopped writing: as if, I hadn't existed I stopped writing: as if, I hadn't existed not yesterday, not today. And it went empty between the window and the chair… MMXXIV
13 I, blinking after I, blinking after you, Remembering that black Night, talk to myself – Talk nonsense. And I run flat out away. Somewhere… MMXXIV
14 A crooked lane by the Louvre. Summer in Paris. A crooked lane by the Louvre. Summer in Paris. Behind an old moped shamelessly crawls a dirty lorry. In the cab Nirvana… MMXXIV
15 It's hard to take a step. The sign – to the right; The red eye of the traffic light It's hard to take a step. The sign – to the right; The red eye of the traffic light looks to the left. You want to go s… MMXXIV
16 In white blossom the birches opened out. You thought, In white blossom the birches opened out. You thought, that it would be stylish, to smear across this bark with rock sal… MMXXIV
17 So slowly and carefully your world presses So slowly and carefully your world presses right in under my skin: in swells and hopelessly swims and blazes reason. It… MMXXII
18 And the phosphorus burning in bones, and the sharp dirk of thought will help, while I'm a guest at yours, And the phosphorus burning in bones, and the sharp dirk of thought will help, while I'm a guest at yours, to steal, ste… MMXXII
19 I walked on Primrose. It was Dusk. On the hill that here I walked on Primrose. It was Dusk. On the hill that here is called just — Hill. A steam engine hooted Out of sirens and… MMXXII
20 I'll brush the paranoia off, Without eating a single pill, I'll chase it down with time, I'll brush the paranoia off, Without eating a single pill, I'll chase it down with time, Sit the past on my knees. But… MMXXII
21 In the head, right at the bottom, They quietly registered me. Then I'll live in a dream, In the head, right at the bottom, They quietly registered me. Then I'll live in a dream, Since they drove me out of wak… MMXXII
22 I read in the cellars of Versailles to old rats I read in the cellars of Versailles to old rats poems in French. A light-grey, pale pack squints one eye, drinks wine a… MMXX
23 In your stairwell the bulbs are always smashed. Apparently that's how someone In your stairwell the bulbs are always smashed. Apparently that's how someone hides an insides turned inside out. Thoug… MMXX
24 And now the music has stayed with me with black branching notes, beaten in under the skin with explosive bars, And now the music has stayed with me with black branching notes, beaten in under the skin with explosive bars, merciles… MMXX
25 We all look like museums of fears, we go on judging We all look like museums of fears, we go on judging by the colour of skin, we put on a pious face, and at the same time… MMXX
26 Yesterday you stopped Eating for breakfast Good thoughts Yesterday you stopped Eating for breakfast Good thoughts You were left one On one with this Virus of words. Your dreams… MMXX
27 Rain falls inside the fridge. Puddles are scattered all over the flat. I decided you won't find me among them Rain falls inside the fridge. Puddles are scattered all over the flat. I decided you won't find me among them And hung… MMXX
28 I was taught by Van Gogh's paintings, that God — I was taught by Van Gogh's paintings, that God — is Nature. Either horns of plenty, or the bullet of a young and viciou… MMXX
29 Play parting with me. I see a secret meaning — to keep your smile Play parting with me. I see a secret meaning — to keep your smile until the next meeting, to run the events back, casti… MMXX
30 In the days, When fingers wove like vine, Where across the rooftops walked In the days, When fingers wove like vine, Where across the rooftops walked Eyes undiluted by alcohol The ground slid aw… MMXVII
31 If some people lived only rightly And others – not so much, If some people lived only rightly And others – not so much, Then the brain would float not in a grey, But in a white or… MMXVII
32 Don't forget why you're here, What you daydream of every hour! Tear but don't tear through that thread, Don't forget why you're here, What you daydream of every hour! Tear but don't tear through that thread, That briskly ho… MMXVII
33 Wildly insane Unreasoning creature, In places Wildly insane Unreasoning creature, In places Golden-emerald, In chunks With bright paints Blown apart, Steeped in herb… MMXVII
34 The tenth prophecy in the distance, The spirituality of a business society? A fair distribution of wealth The tenth prophecy in the distance, The spirituality of a business society? A fair distribution of wealth Without extra… MMXVII
35 A beautiful face, A clear intonation, An anxious breathiness, A beautiful face, A clear intonation, An anxious breathiness, Tremor and grace. Broadcasts messages from the screen, Th… MMXVII
36 No sense in pushing on further, Not a platoon but a regiment of nerves. Squeeze the trigger, and at your feet No sense in pushing on further, Not a platoon but a regiment of nerves. Squeeze the trigger, and at your feet A seasone… MMXVII
37 I am independent Beautiful and Clever High-mountain and rare grass! I am independent Beautiful and Clever High-mountain and rare grass! To find myself a pastime, A flight of thinking, an… MMXVII
38 Tucked inside the devil's coat, Under the ocean's moan Got me a sail down from the sky Tucked inside the devil's coat, Under the ocean's moan Got me a sail down from the sky Of night and stars The polar uni… MMXVII
39 A fighter's deadliest weapon — Not fists broken in brawls, And not kevlar, not armour. A fighter's deadliest weapon — Not fists broken in brawls, And not kevlar, not armour. But the Maker's mark you miss at… MMXVII
40 I laid out a garden Of living stones A coral façade I laid out a garden Of living stones A coral façade Of bright shadows. Of the sea's depth A storm of shades. The light… MMXVII
41 We are the wrappers of our own mind, Garish cases. On brands We are the wrappers of our own mind, Garish cases. On brands and assorted slogans We feed and entertain ourselves. And… MMXVII
42 They're prepping us for the meeting With the planets' new resident. Made by a genius's hand, They're prepping us for the meeting With the planets' new resident. Made by a genius's hand, Artificial intelligence. E… MMXVII
43 The dogs of Catalonia wag their tails at me. Let's do it without irony, The dogs of Catalonia wag their tails at me. Let's do it without irony, people come at them with a question: Did you de… MMXVII
44 Grown up for a long time now, it seems, And you understand, that this option isn't yours, Grown up for a long time now, it seems, And you understand, that this option isn't yours, But you reach out just to be… MMXVII
45 The sharp razor of reason with one dangerous stroke Recut the soul's achievements. The sharp razor of reason with one dangerous stroke Recut the soul's achievements. The year turned into lost time, And… MMXVII
46 To live, The instinct of self-preservation To jam without mercy To live, The instinct of self-preservation To jam without mercy To breathe over the abyss, To burn out with no result,… MMXVII

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