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по общему мнению это трудное время,
может быть самое трудное из всех времён:
массы людей в городах всего мира
протестуют против того
чтобы с ними обращались как с дерьмом.
но те кто контролируют ситуацию
не будут их слушать.
обстоятельства заключаются в том что,
конечно, лишь одна сила противоборствует
другой, а реальная власть, само-собой, находится
в руках меньшинства
управляющего нациями и
их потребность состоит в
защите тех многих вещей
что принадлежат им.
вполне возможно что эти
немногочисленные правители
смоются когда начнётся
последнее извержение;
они убегут в свои
надёжные прибежища
в которых будут наблюдать
за извержением до самого конца,
а после разумного выжидания
они снова вернутся и начнут
строить новое нелепое
вульгарное несправедливое
будущее.
что, как мне кажется, мысль не
очень радостная, когда я открываю
банку пива в жаркую
июльскую ночь.
from:"Night Torn Mad with Footsteps"
19.12.19
ground zero
the consensus is that this is a difficult time,
perhaps the most difficult of times:
large groups of people in cities
all over the world are
protesting that they’d rather not be
treated like shit.
but whoever’s in control
will not listen.
the suggestion is that, of course, it’s
only one power fighting another power
and the real power, of course, is in the hands
of the few who run the nations
and their need is to protect those many things
that belong to them.
it is conceivable that these few rulers
will escape
when the final eruption begins;
they will escape to their safe havens
where they will watch
the eruption to its finish,
and then after a reasonable wait
they will return
again and
will begin building
a new ridiculous and grossly
unfair future.
which, to me, is not a very
happy thought
as I crack open a can of beer
on a hot
July night.
Свидетельство о публикации №119121904505
Eleven
by Charles Bukowski
five
now I've been to the tracks for 32 years
and I've seen some strange things
but the other day
it's the first race
they're putting them into the gate
I'm 3 or 4 away from the betting window
I want to bet five win
when the announcer says, "The flag s up.
I am about to say, "Eleven,"
and this arm comes up from below me with a
in its hand and the voice says,
"Eleven,” and I grab the arm by the wrist
and look down and here's some guy on his hands and
knees, he's crawled up under me and
I hold his wrist and tell him,
"just wait a god damned minute!"
and then I say, "Eleven,”
and I get my ticket just as the buzzer rings
shutting off the machines
and I go out to watch the race.
the Eleven runs up to fourth around the final curve
then falls back.
I lost my five dollars
and I saved him five,
but I wondered what could look so good about a
fifteen to one shot
reading up off of an eight to one morning line,
this man actually crawled on his knees,
his hands and knees and came up under me
with a loser.
I almost hit him
but I got my ticket .
and I saw the cop running up to ask this man
what he was doing
and then I went out to see the Eleven come up to
4th., then fall
back. I still don't understand
it. it was a bad bet.
I think the next time I see that track cop
I'll ask him what he did
with that guy.
I've never seen him before.
I know they put the Eleven horse back in the barn,
the winner paid $11.40, which is reasonable,
and the girls were wobbling and shaking and looking
for a winner, but I tell you
after 32 years at the track
this guy crawling on his hands and knees to bet
a loser
was one of the saddest acts I have ever
witnessed
as the girls wobbled and shook and the sky
was almost
blue.
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