Poetry: Selections from Mykyta Ryzhykh

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The naturalization of hatred

Every day the giant boulders of the brain create little sons to atone for guilt

Are sons resurrected?

The magnolia outside the window blooms expressively quietly, as if guessing something

 

Anger-dictatorship

I pretend to be a god every morning over a cup of coffee

 

Stars- blindness

Castrated calm screams in the language of stones

Motherland of life

The taste of faith

Wrath service of the gun

 

Stone-ruin

Time to change clothes and pick up picks

 

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What do you see

the inner kitten will bring the devil's slippers in his teeth in the morning in exchange for

living space with Wi-Fi

 

what do you see being blind

the sexual joy of a mouse pressed to the floor by a cat's paw

hate pornography with guts out

sun bunnies devoured by air wolves

 

What do you see

the deceased son comes every night in a dream in tears and asks to be resurrected

 

 

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Kira Muratova

 

The film begins after the ending, when a balding virgin takes off her wig, like a fancy dress costume, and shoves the wig into a face on the other side of the screen.

Hungry rats need to be fed body parts.

Last but not least, feed with the brain, never with the heart.

In the last turn of people today - it is necessary to make your way. No need to push your way into people. It is better to try to become a butterfly.

 

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Religion is a hobby club for those who have never died

 

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The secret of the soul

Secretion of guilt

Who will kiss my neck and turn me into a vampire?

 

The dream of a soldier who will turn a gun into a sex shop toy

 

Who will kiss me?

Nobody

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Mosquitoes fly to the scent of blood

So are military pilots

 

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There are as many explosions as there are stars in the sky

Every night to underground storage and bunkers

An alarm siren sounds

 

Life is wonderful as if it started from an egg and not from a dead chicken

Mykyta Ryzhykh has been published in the journals Dzvin, Ring A, Polutona, Rechport, Topos, Articulation, Formaslov, Colon, Literature Factory, Literary Chernihiv, on the portals Literary Center and Soloneba.