every day millions of people die for our
sins
so what
I won't say it twice
let in a little
intime
every day millions of people die for our
sins
so what
you're repeating yourself
so what, so what
they die
- you're repeating yourself
- every day
repeat after me
and whatever
you are repeating yourself every day and whatever
die after me
every day
summer sales
repeat after me:
summer sales
shout it louder
-- Dina Gatina (translated from the Russian by Ainsley Morse and Bela Shayevich]
On Monday, October 15,at the midtown branch of the New York Public Library three young Russian poets read with three American counterparts at an event moderated by David Lehman. This is one of the poems read by Dina Gatina on that occasion. Gatina has won the prestigious Debut Prize for poetry in Russia. For more information, here's a link to Causa Artium, one of the sponsors of the event.
