Translated by Shashi Martynova
the silence of the tiger cubs
.
the it’s-complicatedniks and the above-the-frayers
the liberants and the reluctant migrants
the leaverants and the deserters to the right side of history
the spreaders of truthful information
the stars of inner emigration
the members of the evacuated population
the sitters on the mental suitcases
the adventitious relocatees the dead musicians
the figures in cases the fabricators
the ressentiment kuzmichs
the we’re-brothers vs. the piglets
the combat lugger-inners
the blue-pumpkined green ones at the recruiting depots
.
military preachment
military commandment
military backwaters with fluffy ducklings
military brood with little crucifixes on little necks
military sermon
military bun in the oven
military throes
military obstetrics
military smooch on a fragrant crown of a head again and again
dark-red military placenta still hot in the arms of a midwife
.
basic tension of a third party
high alert of an unfriendly party
curtailment and regrouping of a dehumanized party
brotherly party at buried premises
learned helplessness on a party of Cargos 200
.
leaving the nest of red lines pining for hinterland forget-me-nots
passing by celestial decision-making centers of Lucifer’s storm troopers
we’re heading for a temporary residence at a safe distance
on a Russian flying ship
visa-running between the clouds watching
trajectories of parallel imports
helicopter distribution of second grade precarity passports
continuing offense of a spring rain
contingency downpour of its οn-target drops
we perceive ourselves as an exchange pool bogged down in extracts of antlers
we fall like nuclear bloom of liberated people along the horizon
above the spare motherland the spare sun’s rising
.
safeguarding the children from harmful info
forcibly displaced children-persons
kicking the children abroad
the children in Z-formation
house search in front of the children
annexation of the children
Prigozhin’s children
the children of a major
the children of February
turbo-patriotic children
the children of flower protest
this is corruption of our children
used-to-be future of our children
preemptive attack on the children for the children
the results of working over the children
the children in plastic bags
supposedly the children of the bald one
children: tasty full stop
creeping childhood
Russia without children
.
silent support of unlawful conduct
silent support of the unanimous silence
the silence in a checkout line
the silence at a bus stop
the silence in a parents’ whatsapp
the silence as mum as you can
the silence in an art gallery
the silence of a certain popular performer
the silence of wives
the silence of mothers
the silence of priests
the silence of imams
the silence of rabbis
the silence of lamas
the silence of the white cranes
the silence of the tiger cubs