Жена здоровье потеряла,
Два пуда весит - исхудала.
Зато, явилась Клеопатра,
Стиль, будто дивы из театра.
И мы – мы бросили больных,
И клятвы тут же сжались в сроках,
Нам дела нет до остальных,
Самостоятельны в пороках.
Годами прибрала, как в шторме,
Всех неизменная жена,
Что отвратительна по форме,
По содержанию – страшна.
И Божьей Благодати груда
На мой ответила вопрос,
Я стал писать, писать, покуда
Второй раз не воскрес Христос.
Его узнал я по походке,
Велел Он обещать в стихе,
У стенда на церковной сходке
Признаться мне в своём грехе.
Я встал, признанья начиная,
Увидел девочку мой зрак,
Она ведь родилась слепая!
А после этого – всё мрак.
Willard Fluke
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Willard Fluke
My wife lost her health,
And dwindled until she weighed scarce ninety pounds.
Then that woman, whom the men
Styled Cleopatra, came along.
And we-- we married ones
All broke our vows, myself among the rest.
Years passed and one by one
Death claimed them all in some hideous form
And I was borne along by dreams
Of God's particular grace for me,
And I began to write, write, write, reams on reams
Of the second coming of Christ.
Then Christ came to me and said,
"Go into the church and stand before the congregation
And confess your sin."
But just as I stood up and began to speak
I saw my little girl, who was sitting in the front seat--
My little girl who was born blind!
After that, all is blackness.
Вячеслав Толстов 07.05.2014 11:35 • Заявить о нарушении
My wife lost her health,
And dwindled until she weighed scarce ninety pounds.
Then that woman, whom the men
Styled Cleopatra, came along.
And we-- we married ones
All broke our vows, myself among the rest.
Years passed and one by one
Death claimed them all in some hideous form
And I was borne along by dreams
Of God's particular grace for me,
And I began to write, write, write, reams on reams
Of the second coming of Christ.
Then Christ came to me and said,
"Go into the church and stand before the congregation
And confess your sin."
But just as I stood up and began to speak
I saw my little girl, who was sitting in the front seat--
My little girl who was born blind!
After that, all is blackness.
Вячеслав Толстов 07.05.2014 11:35 • Заявить о нарушении