god almighty
god inconsolable
bird-legged god long-eared god short-tailed god
take me into the kennel askew into the freight train into
the torn pocket
take me into the sea on your palm blow on my hair blow out
my spare star
god standing apart
god inaccessible no way to approach to regain senses to
dissolve
god with seven wings the real one
tell me something I don’t know something anything your voice
is warm
tell me what it’s like on the other side how is the
lighthouse how is it going
god night-blind buttercup wild vetch dead bird the starling
god the outskirts
god four steps to the porch dull mirror royal desolation
I brought you a candle a candy a pebble a crescent a broken
latch
god of mine light and wise
god of mine sad
god of mine
Poem by Sergei Chegra
Second Prize in the 2012 Joseph Brodsky/Stephen Spender Prize, translated by Iryna Shuvalova
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