E R I C S W E E T & E U G E N E O S T A S H E V S K Y
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I Locked the House of Myself
I locked the house of myself
The chest's cupboard and shelf
The pot of the pelvis
Folds of muscle, fat's perlis
Pupil's agate
Colon's maggot
The skull's deep cup
No one shall lift up
I bolted the lip
I belted the lap
Fastened the ears over my face with a clip
Taped my palms in a silent clap
Said,
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
I walked in the forest like an elephant
Everything I saw seemed irrelevant
I walked in the forest like a donkey
Everything I saw seemed on key
I flew over the river Volga
Around it milled a people vulgar
I became longer and longer