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Viktor Neborak
GENESIS OF THE FLYING HEAD
(a show in verse)
II. UFO
We called the landing boat “C-ATAS-TROPHE”—
all patched up with rubber, any second we’ll sink.
But we have lungs. Healthy blood holds us,
and our excrement makes us light.
We set off sometime long ago at the height of summer.
And since that time could care less about time.
The paths are clear to all epochs and times.
The “ATAS”* in the name glows red!
We were tourists then, but now we’re higher beings!
The cosmic dimension swallowed us right from the waves.
And even though the wind menacingly whistles
From the patched up holes — our motor is still a flying saucer!
A purple streak has lit the sky.
Witnesses dumbstruck in awe.
A sensation! A flying saucer! A catastrophe!
... It’s still the question of — who was watching whom
© Translation: 2005, Michael M. Naydan
From: The Flying Head and Other Poems
Publisher: Sribne slovo, Lviv, 2005
* “ATAS” is an exclamation that means “look out!”, “be careful, danger”, “run away”.
From: The Flying Head and Other Poems
Publisher: Sribne slovo, Lviv, 2005
GENESIS OF THE FLYING HEAD. II. UFO
© 2005, Viktor Neborak
From: Litayucha Holova ta inshi virshi
Publisher: Sribne slovo, Lviv
From: Litayucha Holova ta inshi virshi
Publisher: Sribne slovo, Lviv
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GENESIS OF THE FLYING HEAD
(a show in verse)
II. UFO
We called the landing boat “C-ATAS-TROPHE”—
all patched up with rubber, any second we’ll sink.
But we have lungs. Healthy blood holds us,
and our excrement makes us light.
We set off sometime long ago at the height of summer.
And since that time could care less about time.
The paths are clear to all epochs and times.
The “ATAS”* in the name glows red!
We were tourists then, but now we’re higher beings!
The cosmic dimension swallowed us right from the waves.
And even though the wind menacingly whistles
From the patched up holes — our motor is still a flying saucer!
A purple streak has lit the sky.
Witnesses dumbstruck in awe.
A sensation! A flying saucer! A catastrophe!
... It’s still the question of — who was watching whom
© 2005, Michael M. Naydan
From: The Flying Head and Other Poems
Publisher: 2005, Sribne slovo, Lviv
From: The Flying Head and Other Poems
Publisher: 2005, Sribne slovo, Lviv
GENESIS OF THE FLYING HEAD
(a show in verse)
II. UFO
We called the landing boat “C-ATAS-TROPHE”—
all patched up with rubber, any second we’ll sink.
But we have lungs. Healthy blood holds us,
and our excrement makes us light.
We set off sometime long ago at the height of summer.
And since that time could care less about time.
The paths are clear to all epochs and times.
The “ATAS”* in the name glows red!
We were tourists then, but now we’re higher beings!
The cosmic dimension swallowed us right from the waves.
And even though the wind menacingly whistles
From the patched up holes — our motor is still a flying saucer!
A purple streak has lit the sky.
Witnesses dumbstruck in awe.
A sensation! A flying saucer! A catastrophe!
... It’s still the question of — who was watching whom
© 2005, Michael M. Naydan
From: The Flying Head and Other Poems
Publisher: 2005, Sribne slovo, Lviv
From: The Flying Head and Other Poems
Publisher: 2005, Sribne slovo, Lviv
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