A Stack of Hay
A silvery stack of hay under my head,
In a meadow, I dream. No, I'm awake.
So many stars above — as drops
Of dew on earth. A white road
Rises in my stiffening eyes.
The stack of hay
Reminds me of my fate, she's close to me,
Rocking me slowly in her cradle.
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Smell of blood like blooming honey.
Hot lust gushes from the raw plain.
The stack of hay washed in dew and moon,
And I — it seems I'm lying beside myself,
Breathing in fresh hay the smell
Of green time. I feel, walking through me
Flower and scythe. I lie on an altar
Of colors and smells. Every rustle and sound
Comes strangely close, streams through my limbs.
The tiniest blade of grass, I ache its pain …
I lie in hay — a weary wanderer,
Till I myself become a stack of hay.
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