Eli had a new gf but was happy to see Natalia;
he hadn't seen a familiar face
        except in hallucinations;
the boys were off conquering America,
                                     running through
the exotic VD to be found in California,   which was on
fire quite literally;
                          Ivan brandishing a metallic charge card
that         afforded penthouse views of the rising flames;
Eli was nowhere near his phone;
                        his mistress hanging herself in his studio
                         swinging from the lone fishnet stocking;
Natalia answered Eli's phone, lying in his bed,
drinking his liquor; Ivan was laughing, ******
out of his mind,                     watching the wall of flame
                                               tearing the world apart;
Natalia started to laugh too, she didn't know why,
Eli coming in & taking the phone from her hand;
Mne nuzhen telefon, muzhik.
       YA dolzhen pozvonit' v politsiyu. kakaya-to
                         glupaya suka s kvartiroy v moyey studii.