Line Breaks & Other Violent Crimes

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If there is something to desire,
there will be something to regret.
If there is something to regret,
there will be something to recall.
If there is something to recall,
there was nothing to regret.
If there was nothing to regret,
there was nothing to desire.


8

A beast in winter,
a plant in spring,
an insect in summer,
a bird in autumn.
The rest of the time I am a woman.


9

I broke your heart.
Now barefoot I tread
on shards. 

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translated from the Russian by Steven Seymour 

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