– Master

I brought you

Kharkov

broken childhood

Your ad says

we

fix everything
 

– I can’t fix

your childhood

was bombed

it can’t

be fixed

is it

so important to you?

see the expiration date

it expired

a long time ago
 

– Master

then fix

my city

my university

plazas

fountains

parks

and people

murdered

people
 

– I can’t

you embarrass me

by asking for the impossible

anything can be repaired

but not everything

can be fixed

go away
 

– Master

in a house

of my friend

in my friend’s burned down

house

his cat died

fix the cat

can you do this at least

is it possible?
 

– Nothing

can be fixed

changed

brought back

people

cities

cats

or you
 
~ ~ ~
 
Old age is no volk*

it won’t die, won’t run away

get yourself botoxed

drink shark oil

champagne a caviar mask

beat it into your face with someone else’s fist

Dearest

Who are you with?

Who are you talking about?

Old age is not real

It’s just a malaise

There’s spirulina

Microcrystalline cellulose

Alpha-lipoic acid

Hyaluronic thread

Crawl with it through the eye of a needle

Pull yourself through

There’s no such thing as old age

There’s war

There’s love

There’s death
 
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*volk – волк, Rus. for ‘wolf’