Poem
Andrej Sen-Senkov
AIRBORNE TENNIS
when they run out of women’s namesthey’ll start naming the hurricanes
after russian tennis stars
safina kuznetsova dementieva
petrova sharapova zvonareva
kleybanova kirilenko vesnina
pavlyuchenkova
by then most of them will have died
and the ones who are still alive
hearing their lethal last names
will press their arthritis-disfigured fingers
into the insides of imaginary tennis balls
down there they’re like women who never gave birth
LUCHTDRUPPELTENNIS
als ze door meisjesnamen heen zijngaan ze orkanen de achternamen
van russische tennissters geven
safina koeznetsova dementjeva
petrova sjarapova zvonarjova
kleibanova kirilenko vesnina
pavljoetsjenkova
tegen die tijd zijn de meeste sportvrouwen dood
en zullen zij die dan nog leven
bij het horen van hun doodbrengende achternaam
de vingers, verminkt door artrose, diep in
denkbeeldige tennisballen drukken,
waarbinnen het is als bij wie nooit gebaard heeft
ВОЗДУШНО-КАПЕЛЬНЫЙ ТЕННИС
когда закончатся женские именаураганы начнут называть
фамилиями русских теннисисток
сафина кузнецова дементьева
петрова шарапова звонарева
клейбанова кириленко веснина
павлюченкова
к тому времени большинство спортсменок умрет
а те кто еще живы
слыша свои смертоносные фамилии
будут вдавливать изуродованные артритом пальцы
в нутро воображаемых теннисных мячиков
у них там как у не рожавших
© 2015, Andrej Sen-Senkov
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AIRBORNE TENNIS
when they run out of women’s namesthey’ll start naming the hurricanes
after russian tennis stars
safina kuznetsova dementieva
petrova sharapova zvonareva
kleybanova kirilenko vesnina
pavlyuchenkova
by then most of them will have died
and the ones who are still alive
hearing their lethal last names
will press their arthritis-disfigured fingers
into the insides of imaginary tennis balls
down there they’re like women who never gave birth
From: Воздушно-капельный теннис
AIRBORNE TENNIS
when they run out of women’s namesthey’ll start naming the hurricanes
after russian tennis stars
safina kuznetsova dementieva
petrova sharapova zvonareva
kleybanova kirilenko vesnina
pavlyuchenkova
by then most of them will have died
and the ones who are still alive
hearing their lethal last names
will press their arthritis-disfigured fingers
into the insides of imaginary tennis balls
down there they’re like women who never gave birth
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