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Twenty-First. Night. Monday

Twenty-first. Night. Monday.

Silhouette of the capitol in darkness.

Some good-for-nothing -- who knows why --

made up the tale that love exists on earth.

 

People believe it, maybe from laziness

or boredom, and live accordingly:

they wait eagerly for meetings, fear parting,

and when they sing, they sing about love.

 

But the secret reveals itself to some,

and on them silence settles down...

I found this out by accident

and now it seems I'm sick all the time.

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Anna Akhmatova
1889-1966 / Russian
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