DIOGENES

DIOGENES

goes
with his lantern
through the woods:
Oak,

where is your brother,
the elk?
goes
through the village:
Dog,
where is
your friend?
through the city:
People,
where is
a human?

VIACHESLAV KUPRIANOV (Russia 1939)

Translation Viacheslav Kuprianov – Germain Droogenbroodt – Stanley Barkan.