“another portrait”

written in Russian and translated into English by Ivan de Monbrison

another portrait

A child’s murder

or something

like this

a living nightmare

you put

the night in a bottle

to use it as ink

to draw your own portrait

on a piece of paper

другой портрет

Убийство ребенка

Или что-то

Как это

Кошмар наяву

Ты положил

Ночь в бутылке

Она служит твоими чернилами

Нарисовать свой автопортрет

На листе бумаги

Ivan de Monbrison is a poet and artist living in Paris born in 1969, with Jewish Russian, Tcherkess and Arabic roots, and affected by various types of mental disorders.