It’s raining in Prague
I’m in a cafe on the
outskirts of the old city
if you can’t find the truth here
you’ve been living a lie
the street walkers
the grim dark sky
the pool hall hustlers
the jazz clubs blue smoke
black umbrellas like dead crows
Hemingway drunk on a red tram
A girl stands out in the rain …
Clay.M

flower of passion
petals like moist lips in rain
spring bids good morning.

Icy moon beams,
Follow dancing snow.
A clean white sheen,
Cast across the pier.

Waters ceased by icy means,
Frozen is their flow.
One moment crisp and clean,
On a winter pier.

I learn from the waves
when to break
when to retreat
when to remain calm
I learn by observation
your awkward confidence
your theater of movement
your obscure dance with insecurities
your behavior when time becomes still
with our splendid gift of imperfections
I follow you to the sea..
Clay.M

A poet of deception,
I’ll muddle up your mind.
This world’s a mere invention,
With fools of every kind.

So grease their ears with honey,
And feed them foolish lies.
We bleat beneath the money,
While seeking food and skies.

Dismiss the sharp and bitter,
Refine the vile decay.
But tread with steps that glitter—
Don’t stir the rot, they say.


In Russian:

Лирический герой гнилого мирка

Лирическим героем
Запудрю вам мозги:
Обманный мир построен,
Повсюду дураки,

А потому елеем
Чушь надо увлажнять.
Под ложью знатно блеем,
Цель жрать и спать. Насрать

На те слова, что резки:
Облагородь дурьё,
Но мягонько, не дерзко, —
Не вороши Гнильё.