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1d
По столу стучали стаканы —
Бояре гуляли всю ночь.
Под столом святые путаны
Покушать были не прочь.
Мы колбаску под стол им кидали
И огурчик в рот заходил,
Нет уж, там не голодные крали,
А один большой крокодил.

Yaroslav Kulikovsky. Paris, 2022 (c).
Part of the cycle: Poems on City Flesh and Power.

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This poem is about festive shamelessness as a form of truth. Behind the noise, the snacks, the saints and “crocodiles” lies what we fear to admit: the human need to feel, to feast, to be seen — without shame. Carnival is where honesty bursts through absurdity. And that’s its power.
Yaroslav Kulikovsky
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Yaroslav Kulikovsky  Montreal
(Montreal)   
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