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“I dreamed of your eyes – islands…”

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I dreamed of your

eyes – islands

of loneliness in the ocean

of human suffering

and shot at point-blank range

hopes.

They were searching in the ruins

of predawn fogs

burnt musical notes

of the pre-war love music.

Trandlated by Natalia Ogienko. 

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