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Mykola Ryabchuk

The Straightforward Poems

6.

we have been trained to write
about everything on earth
about Fujiyama Long Island
Loch Ness

about the nuclear processes
metaphysical speculations
eutrophy eclectia
explosion

perception and reception
extrasensory infrastructurity
gnoseology agnosticism

now it would be right
if we could learn to write nothing
when

when half a kingdom  is exchanged for a poem
and half –
for a clean piece of paper

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The Straightforward Poems

6.

we have been trained to write
about everything on earth
about Fujiyama Long Island
Loch Ness

about the nuclear processes
metaphysical speculations
eutrophy eclectia
explosion

perception and reception
extrasensory infrastructurity
gnoseology agnosticism

now it would be right
if we could learn to write nothing
when

when half a kingdom  is exchanged for a poem
and half –
for a clean piece of paper

The Straightforward Poems

6.

we have been trained to write
about everything on earth
about Fujiyama Long Island
Loch Ness

about the nuclear processes
metaphysical speculations
eutrophy eclectia
explosion

perception and reception
extrasensory infrastructurity
gnoseology agnosticism

now it would be right
if we could learn to write nothing
when

when half a kingdom  is exchanged for a poem
and half –
for a clean piece of paper
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