Vasily Aksyonov. Moscow KVA-KVA (№ 236359)

"You know, Kirill, yesterday I was reading the translation of the poems of comrade Mao Zedong. By the way, I recommend it: very original poet. So that's what he writes about himself: "I'm just a monk, wandering through life under a leaky umbrella". Do you understand me? I was tormented by arthritis. Who am I, if you put aside the necessary praise? I'm a "professional revolutionary" as he once wrote Svetlana in the school questionnaire in the column "father". What is the life of a professional revolutionary, if not March under a leaky umbrella? What do you think, maybe give Mao Stalin prize of the first degree?" And went, was sacudase callipogon laughter, or, on the contrary, snehapanam cough.