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Mykola Ryabchuk

The Straightforward Poems

9.

verses are always
‘free’

even if
we rhymed them
put them in irons
imprisoned them in folios

they’d still behave like the fox
which played possum
on the fresh snow

let’s not kid ourselves
the fox will spring to life again
snow will stay white
paper empty

THE STRAIGHTFORWARD POEMS (9)

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The Straightforward Poems

9.

verses are always
‘free’

even if
we rhymed them
put them in irons
imprisoned them in folios

they’d still behave like the fox
which played possum
on the fresh snow

let’s not kid ourselves
the fox will spring to life again
snow will stay white
paper empty

The Straightforward Poems

9.

verses are always
‘free’

even if
we rhymed them
put them in irons
imprisoned them in folios

they’d still behave like the fox
which played possum
on the fresh snow

let’s not kid ourselves
the fox will spring to life again
snow will stay white
paper empty
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