DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

 

meet in an airport restroom

stamp and sign all the forms and declarations

sealing-wax on fresh wounds

pass all the metal detectors all the lie detectors

lie about everything from start to finish

rush down the slippery slopes of california highways

there an olive-skinned boy waits for me ready for my sake to change himself into a girl

a bad mexican girl

morning fog a shaky milky hallucination when i wake delirious without you

on the pier skateboarders with their pants down proudly demonstrate their tight stomachs to the passerby

they will feel you up with their eyes trying to get under the skirt

will get in your way shouting and whistling hoping to attract your attention

dreaming of catching your glance

and you only adjust your wig in the wind and laugh hoarsely while squinting at me

let’s sign a declaration of independence from all these assholes

of independence from all declarations

in a shakespearean garden under a sycamore

we'll get high on soy milk with special k

you know you have the prettiest pussy

the tastiest and the prettiest

sure you know

a silent reproach to motherhood

shivering from cheap coke cut with speed

falling off the bed with a thundering crash tearing each other's throats and ribs

exhausted and suffocating

you don't dare grow old sprouting stubble you don't dare change your slender legs flat chest all your hairless body smooth olive skin

calluses from wrong-sized shoes

a molinier beauty

they will pounce and tear to shreds

they will mock and grin

they will tear cotton wool out of you gnaw away your dark cock

worthless people in the grip of worthless instincts

that’s what you wanted answer me you stupid doll

the pantyhose I bought torn to pieces lipstick smeared over the cold cheeks the dress the wig—all covered in some crap

my ideal girlfriend

for one more night

at least for one more fuck

 

March 1st, 2001, San Francisco - New York

Translated from the Russian by Vitaly Chernetsky