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Andrej Sen-Senkov

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every night I dream
that I’m building a big grey house
out of a single dust mote
it's a special mote
it has two fingers
and a place
where it pinches itself in the morning
so that I don’t wake up

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nacht in nacht uit bouw ik
in mijn droom een groot grijs huis
uit een enkel stofje
het stofje is bijzonder
het heeft twee vingers
en een plek
waar het zichzelf 's ochtends knijpt
om te voorkomen dat ik wakker word

КОЛЛАТЕРАЛЬ

каждую ночь снится
что я строю большой серый дом
из одной только пылинки
пылинка особенная
у нее два пальца
и место
за которое утром она щиплет себя
чтобы я не проснулся

Andrej Sen-Senkov

(Russian Federation, 1968)

Andrei Sen-Senkov (Andrei Senkov, Kansay) went to medical school in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. After the Tajikistani Civil War, he established himself in Russia. As a doctor he specialized in many subjects, one being acupuncture. He currently works as an echographer. As a poet he remains elusive to categorization as well: besides regular poetry books and performances, he readily employs drawings and...

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COLLATERAL

every night I dream
that I’m building a big grey house
out of a single dust mote
it's a special mote
it has two fingers
and a place
where it pinches itself in the morning
so that I don’t wake up

COLLATERAL

every night I dream
that I’m building a big grey house
out of a single dust mote
it's a special mote
it has two fingers
and a place
where it pinches itself in the morning
so that I don’t wake up