Some People
some people
spread apart their legs
find a warm place
to put their hands
getting tighter tighter
it's hurting hurting
some people
put to the wheel their shoulders
tense their knees and their elbows
stretch their bits and their bridles
it’s burning burning
it’s fucking hurting
some people
arch their backs up
and make their hips round
somebody's face to a pulp beaten
their neck wrung
their rib cage broken
1992, Moscow
Translated from the Russian by Alex Cigale and Slava Mogutin