Vladimir Quickly. And in a hopeless position ... (№ 410221)

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And in a hopeless situation,
despising fate, only can become
apparent cruelty,
the possibility is still always there
and the power of courage to manifest,
and exceptional durability!
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Anyone who has not lost anything
and in gloomy everyday life the joy of life,
the joy of life on Earth,
and for all its other inhabitants
akin to a lamp,
burning in the mist!
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Would be blasphemous
take away the last clothes from others
in the dank haze and in the cold...
And yet
perhaps the most godless of things -
it is a "profitable business" on spiritual hunger.