When I heard the coming

…when I heard 'the coming', the horde of mice
come running to take a tidbit from
faulty memory. Thanks for you, Jesus Christ -
my cheese is one huge hole.
After all these years it's no longer as matter
who or what stands at the window behind the curtain,
musical 'do' tries to come to my reason. What's better -
I've heard only echo. The life is the certain
kind of present. You look horse in the mouth, but
you mustn't. It is sort of thing which
always shows its teeth. We've left of the man only the part
of speech. The part of speech at all. The part of speech.

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И.А.Бродский. «…и при слове «грядущее» из русского языка»


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