y - koldun'i

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on ne uznal tebya
udacha
kogda ty nayavu
k nemu yavilas'

lish' vzdrognul
ot prikosnoveniya shipov
k ego mol'be
uvyadshej

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smiren'ya gordogo
ulybka
i pazhem
i shutom
ty sluzhish'
ne sedeya
pri korole svo¸m
- izvechnom uznike
pechali svetloj

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DIALOG
PO MEZHPLANETNOMU
TELEFONU

ne uspevaete?
- ne pechal'tes'

ya veryu
put' pokoroche
prosto ne najden
tem bolee
chto na poisk
ushla
vsego lish'
zhizn'

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<A name="172"></A>

etoj noch'yu
ch'¸-to
grohnulos'
serdce
zacepivshis' za vzglyad
chto v labirinte vremeni
ne zateryalsya

a kto-to
v netrezvom vide
strelyal v nadezhdu
zapodozriv e¸
v izmene

i eshch¸ chto-to
etoj noch'yu sluchilos'
otchego utro
tak i ne nastupilo

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tri
slezy
uta¸nnyh
ot mira
segodnya
otpravleny
v vechnost'
v prostom
pochtovom
konverte

bez
obratnogo
adresa

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soskochiv
s p'edestala
usmeshka somnen'ya
hlestala
naotmash'
i sluh i zren'e
slavy
ustalo bredushchej
v poiskah
sostradan'ya

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nad
ch'ej-to
myatezhnoj sud'boyu
vzmetnulis'
dve svetlye teni

odna
- iz vsego
chto bylo

drugaya
- iz snov
pred utrom

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o sueta
- koroleva illyuzij
predvestnica prazdnika
i rasplaty
v shali tr¸hcvetnoj
po ulicam vremeni
vs¸ plyashesh'
vs¸ draznish'

a stavni okon
chto smotryat na ulicy
to otpirayutsya
to zapirayutsya

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i stol moj
pis'mennyj
snimaetsya s prichala
etoj noch'yu

i chasha sl¸z moih
neprolityh na vetry
drozhit u kraya
v ozhidanie
shtorma-breda

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S T E N A

i chtoby
nayavu e¸ uvidet'
on vystrelil
v tuman
sgustivshijsya
pred vzorom

no seroe
ne rasstupilos'
a tol'ko vspyhnulo
pyatnom bagrovym

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bespomoshchnost'
molitsya
u dorogi
ne razgibayas'
kasayas'
sgorblennym
profilem
rasplavlennogo
trotuara

belyj fiakr
sverknuvshij
mimo
obdal e¸
serebryanoj
pyl'yu
i ona
na mgnoven'e
raspryamilas'

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	Ase Hait

mne prisnilas'
tvoya ulybka
iz sl¸z
i uplyvayushchij
v tainstvo nochi
tvoj siluet
obraml¸nnyj
plat'em letyashchim
i nezhnost'yu
nashih serdec

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zhelan'ya
zazhaty
mezh r¸ber

zvuki
bessil'ny
rodit'
slovo

ni sbezhat'
ni ukryt'sya
ot neizbezhnosti
preodoleniya

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roem
kruzhili
slova
rozhd¸nnye vzdorom

zhuzhzhali
neshchadno
zhalya
zatylok

polosuya
korichnevoj ten'yu
smeyushchijsya den'

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rassvety
sverlili
veki
prizyvaya
nas
k begstvu
iz snovidenij

a nam
hotelos' ponezhit'sya
pod vorohom pustyakov
v nogah
ustavshego vremeni

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slovo nechayannoe
chto vsluh
vpervye
kamnem po robosti
zagnannoj v pul's viska
i nikuda ne det'sya
ot neu¸mnoj boli

- kto-to
ubil mechtu
v samom
nachale
aprelya

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<A name="185"></A>

net net
ne etot golos
zazyval v svoi chertogi

ne ot ego prikosnoven'ya
vzletala trubka telefona
k serdcu

ne pod ego zvuchan'e
kochevali budni

net net
ne etot golos
sdavlennyj
metallom let
byl nekogda
moim povodyr¸m

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	pamyati
	L'va Rozheckina

o esli by
sh¸potom list'ev
raz®yar¸nnuyu bol'
utishit'

a eshch¸ by
prostor dlya razbega
chtob plamenem gneva
ispepelit' prigovor
otmenyayushchij zhizn'

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	pamyati
	YAshi Cklyarskogo

otplyvaesh' moj druzhok
a na utrennem vetru
reyut flagi nashih vstrech

i poselitsya navechno
v nas toska nevozvrashchen'ya

otplyvaesh' moj druzhok
otplyvaesh'

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za oblakami
cveta giacintov
na starte
martovskij razbeg illyuzij

i sladost' pristupov
predmajskogo tomlen'ya

i bliki
vzdrognuvshih zhelanij
v aorte
vdovstvuyushchej krovi

- to mirnoj zhizni
laskovaya ten'
prizhalas'
k plachushchemu serdcu

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<A name="189"></A>

ya
zagruzila
pamyat'
gulom elektrichki
- neumolimym vestnikom
proshchan'ya

i celomudriem
nesorvannoj
sireni

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neistovaya
zhazhda vseproshchen'ya
ty kruto oboshlas'
so mnoyu
ne dav mne sil
kaznit' sebya
za celyj mig
ne otdannyj
igre voobrazhen'ya

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stenan'ya vetra
za oknom
vs¸ zhe stihayut

i v dymke utra
taet
otplyvayushchij korabl'
nochnyh pechalej

i nezhnost'yu
vot-vot zazhzh¸tsya
novyj den'

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illyuzii
vy koldovali

dusha drozhala
v ozhidan'e vetra
propahshego
tabachnym dymom

i lampa belaya
na pis'mennom stole
vsya izognulas'
pered pryzhkom
v myatezhnuyu stranu
ne zanes¸nnuyu
poka eshch¸
na kartu mira

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otvedite dyhan'e
ot svechi
voskresh¸nnoj
i da osvetit ona
plamenem robkim
toj novelly
zabytyj
lik

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o vernopoddannye
ispovedal'nogo ognya
izvechnoj Pesni Pesen
- poeta sluh i zren'e
vas
krik o pomoshchi
na vseh uglah vselennoj
podsteregaet

no vot
eshch¸ odna sekunda
na ishode
a vas
vs¸ net

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to povsednevnost'
prazdnikom zvuchala

to golosa lyubvi
spletalis'
s golosami rasstavanij
v gudyashchej verenice let

a dusha
chto sny po nocham razgrebala
drozhala
podzhigaya dyhan'e mo¸
nadezhdoj
na utrennij svet

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ni odnogo
iz tysyachi otvetov
zhelaemyh segodnya
ya ne poluchila

i vs¸ zh
prekrasen
uhodyashchij
den'

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na koleni druz'ya
pred budnyami
v seryh plashchah

pred utrami
morosyashchimi
po dorogam

pred sumerkami
okunayushchimi
dni v nochi

pred ehom zvenyashchim
- do zavtra
- do zavtra
- do zavtra

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<h2>
glava pyataya

<A name="199"></A>

DU|T
RADUGI
I LIVNYA
</h2>

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naznachu vam
svidan'e
mezhdu strok

slozhu
v korzinu bezuchast'ya
vse shutovskie maski
bytiya

i predvkusheniyu nachala
v zerkale lukavom
proshchal'no
ulybnus'

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dvadcatyj vek
uzh na ishode
i chto zh?

luna
poprezhnemu
predpochitaet noch'
Danaya - Rembranta
a ya - tebya

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Vy plachete
poverzhennyj titan!

ch'¸
sovershenstvo
Vas srazilo

ch'ya
molodost'
sostarila

pokornost'
ch'ya
otvergla

ch'¸
sostradanie
nevynosimo

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otkuda eta grusha
na snegu
i palevyj zakat
laskayushchij
e¸ tuguyu kozhu?

navernoe
my vs¸ eshch¸ u avgusta
v plenu
i zvony pominal'nye
vse potomu zhe

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kazalos'
chto dusha uzh po tebe
ne zatoskuet

i ne ponadobitsya flejta
ispolnyavshaya
kogda-to
solo
na balah
ozhivshih zv¸zd

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i togda
kogda vs¸ zhe
prisnitsya mne dom
nezabvennyj

i ya
syadu naprotiv tebya
spinoyu k svetu
chtoby uvidet' ego
v glazah tvoih otrazh¸nnym
i osvetivshim
nevymolennoe kogda-to

- pomogi mne
ne plakat'

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vs¸ neposil'nee
bremya nadezhd
dlya vremeni
chto otstrelyalos'
otmayalos'

vs¸ nenasytnee
gr¸z shipy
sverlyashchie
ego plot'

i kovylyaet ono
shagom bessmertnym
nam poveryaya
svoi
vekovye
tajny

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	Kompozitoru
	YAnu Fredlinu

i ruk tvoih
tihuyu radost'
ne zaglushil
dozhd'
chto za oknami
razrydalsya
i golos Safo
chto parit nad vekami
nasheptal mne
pod utro
"a mozhet my zhivy?"

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to bespomoshchny
byli ruki ego
to vlastny

i pod prozhektorom boli
dusha istekala strast'yu

i sedoyu lyubov'yu
svetilis' zrachki proshchan'ya

i medlennyj tanec
dvuh nesbyvshihsya sudeb
byl opoyasan pechal'yu

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toj noch'yu
nas durmanila
zvezda
chto tajnu sumerek
ukrala

a polnolun'e
istekalo predvkushen'em
tvoego priznan'ya

i v vechnom
ozhidanii ego
ya rastvorilas'

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vzdrognul
oglyanulsya
ne uznal
v tihom zove
otsiyavshih glaz
vzglyada
oslepivshego
kogda-to

lish'
o sobstvennuyu ten'
spotknulsya
kak togda

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<A name="211"></A>

greshnica - nasmeshnica
ne zadarivaj
ty ego
prichudami

proyavi
k nemu
miloserdie

otpusti
ego
v odinochestvo

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<A name="212"></A>

i ustalost'
protyanutyh ruk

i vzdornost'
chuzhoj voli

i opal'nyh serdec
perestuk uchashch¸nnyj

- vse eshch¸
bol'yu vzryvayut
dyhan'e
predutrennih snov

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<A name="213"></A>

i zabyvaya
on pomnil e¸
neustanno

i otrekayas'
molilsya za ne¸
oderzhimo

i lish'
v neistovyh snah
nichto
ih ne razluchalo

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tvoj poceluj
yavilsya povodom
dlya smerti
vsego
chto budet nazyvat'sya zhizn'yu
posle

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ubayukannyj skorb'yu
on prospal
probuzhden'e nadezhdy

i ona ego
ne prostila

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ah
tri zhelan'ya
tri zhelan'ya

ne zagadat' li mne vas
snova
chtoby duret' ot ozhidan'ya
i vdrug
besstrashno otkazat'sya
ne dozhidayas'
ispolnen'ya

ah
tri zhelan'ya
tri zhelan'ya

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posmela
lunoj zazhech' zrachki
- i ne oslepla

posmela
ladonyami szhat' solnce
- i ne sgorela

posmela
uvidet' svo¸ otrazhen'e
v tvoej pechali
- i bolee
uzh nichego ne posmela

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o kak likovala
tajna
v molchan'e
ego poyushchem

v krotkoj
ego pechali

v ego pritihshem
dyhan'e

o kak uvyadala
tajna
v budnichnom
- "rad Vas videt'"
v bessmyslennom
- "vs¸ li v poryadke"
v nemyslimom
- "mne pora"

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kem
dovodish'sya mne
zavsegdataj oznoba
bessonnicy
breda

neuzheli
vsego lish'
sobratom

vsego lish'
soavtorom
gr¸z

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	Valentine
	Barsht

uzhe ne vtisnut'sya
v chuzhuyu zhizn'

ni strasti
ugasayushchim luch¸m

ni nezhnosti
prostrelennym krylom

ni dazhe vernosti
eshche zhivym dyhan'em

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i net zapreta
na lyubov'
u etoj vstrechi
i net upravy
na razbuzhennuyu
bol'

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<A name="222"></A>

proshchaj

ya unoshu s soboj
shchemyashchuyu zagadku
zavtrashnego dnya
i vs¸
chto tak i ne proizoshlo
tesnitsya
za plechami

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uletaya
k zovushchemu vzglyadu
v neterpenii
obronil
dva sapfira
golos

a na obratnom puti
vspominal
o nih
s sozhaleniem

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i vs¸-taki
chto neposil'nee

golos ego
v pepel szhigayushchij
barabannye pereponki

ili m¸rtvo-bezmolvnaya
telefonnaya trubka
zahoronennaya
v steril'nom pokoe?

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ya Vas priglashayu na uzhin
zamet'te
- ne na zhizn'

ya Vam obeshchayu pokoj
zamet'te
- ne blazhenstvo

ya usyplyu Vashu pamyat'
zamet'te
- tol'ko na vecher

ya Vam nagadayu udachu
zamet'te
- ne bessmert'e

ya provozhu Vas k rassvetu
esli ego zamechu

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i drama
nerascvetshego zhelan'ya
chto smyta
livnem martovskih nadezhd

i perezvon trevozhnyj
uhodyashchego s gryadushchim
chto golosom tvoim
vsegda vnezapnym
pochti smet¸n

k chemu by eto?

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uzhe davno svetaet

a ya eshche ne veryu
chto zv¸zdy zaskuchali
chto vetru ne do shutok
chto Vam ne do menya

i mne ne dotyanut'sya
do molodoj pechali
po uhodyashchej nochi

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i beloj lebed'yu
skvoz' sumerki
tvoya ruka
dushi moej kosnulas'
i
pomanila
pokachat'sya vmeste s nebom
na posedevshem
oblake
mechty

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<A name="229"></A>

MOTIV TRUBY

truba
vydyhaet
radost'
- dvoe
begut
navstrechu
drug drugu

truba
vydyhaet
pechal'
- dvoe
ustali
v doroge

truba
vydyhaet
skorb'
- ne sostoyalas'
vstrecha

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<A name="230"></A>

takoj
dolgij
dolgij
put'
ot polush¸pota
do hripoty
skol'zya i igraya
po l'du i po vetru
lish' l¸gkim dyhaniem
soprikasayas'
na lunnyh dorozhkah
i solnechnyh blikah
progrustili my oba
ya i ty

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<A name="231"></A>

ostan'sya
molil on
etot mig
nepodsuden

i drozhala
v otvet
ten' vesny
na zam¸rzshem
stekle

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<A name="232"></A>

sl¸zy
vsyu dorogu
soprovozhdali poezd
a na predposlednej ostanovke
im predlozhil ubezhishche liven'

i oni
pozhelali
v n¸m
rastvorit'sya

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<A name="233"></A>

kogda utihnet den'
v ob®yat'yah nochi

kogda ustalost'
odoleet zv¸zdy

my ukrad¸m fonariki
u detstva
chtob razglyadet'
alleyu obeshchanij
chtob bez pomeh
dobrat'sya
v zavtrashnee
"z d r a v s t v u j"

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<A name="234"></A>

son
o letyashchem
vdogonku
vostorge
razbilsya
ob utro
v stal'nom
shleme

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<A name="235"></A>

gde ty
v sej mig
prebyvaesh'
sineokaya moya
radost'

chej
vzglyad
v tvoih poceluyah

chej
obozhzh¸nnyj smeh
omyt
tvoimi slezami

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<A name="236"></A>

kazhdyj zvonok
- ryvok
vse golosa
- ego
vse shagi
- ko mne

to i delo
s petel'
sryvaetsya
dver'

to i delo

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<A name="237"></A>

ni v svoi
ni v chuzhie sani
ni ohoty
ni tolku sadit'sya

ya s toboyu
ne smeyu ostat'sya

ya s toboj
ne umeyu prostit'sya

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lyubi menya - i tol'ko
- ona emu skazala -
i vse tvoi uvech'ya
ya na sebya nadenu

ne kazhdomu svo¸
- v otvet otstukivalo ego serdce
i na mgnovenie zatihlo
pered velichiem poteri

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<A name="239"></A>

a eshch¸
na trave osennej
raskachivalas'
v molitvennoj poze
krotkaya ten'
tvoego ozhidan'ya

budto vsyu sebya
bez ostatka
vruchala
kapel'ke ryzhego utra
ne smet¸nnoj
lavinoj
belesyh
budnej

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<A name="240"></A>

belyj naryad
vplyvaet
v torzhestvennost'
vstrechi

stol
vozvyshaetsya
nad povsednevnost'yu
bystrotechnoj

i my
budto navechno

i my
budto v nachale

i my
budto drug drugu
eshch¸ nichego ne skazali

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<A name="241"></A>

mne by szhech'
na kostre
iz oranzhevyh list'ev
zolotistye sny
i tvoj vzglyad
zavorozhennyj
zvezdopadom

a ya
vs¸ zaryla
v tuman
nepodal¸ku ot morya
i dva otpechatka alyh
ostavila
dlya opoznaniya

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<A name="242"></A>

i pust'
zvezdoyu padaet
dusha
v ladon' iyulya

i pust'
na krik sanzhejskih petuhov
sbegutsya nashi ozhidan'ya
iz let ushedshih
a my
nadenem livnevye togi
dlya utrennej molitvy

pust' more
vnov'
podslushaet molchan'e
dvuh pevchih ptic
pokinuvshih nevolyu

pust' nebo
vnov'
ottorgnet nashu plot'

i pust'
my vnov' umrem
pereshagnuv zapret

	Sanzhejka - primorskoe selo
	pod Odessoj

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iz ostyvshej mechty
ubezhat' by
v rascvetshee leto

na zolotisto-zel¸nyh
ego lugah
otogret'sya
po doroge sbrosiv
ustalosti kozhu

a uzh potom
v venochke
iz trav nesmyatyh
zabresti v tvoyu pamyat'
i tam
poselit'sya
navechno

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pod ognennymi kryshami
iyulya
dusha moya zhila
v plenu u skorbi
ne opalivshis'
ni odnoj nadezhdoj
pod ognennymi kryshami
iyulya

lish' krotkim vzorom
provozhaya sinee okno
i dve hohochushchie nashi teni
plyvushchie po utrennej rose
iz yunosti k obryvu
pod ognennymi kryshami
iyulya

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v trevozhnyj otblesk
gasnushchej zvezdy
dusha ryadilas'

i vvinchivalsya v kozhu
besposhchadno
dvuh raz®yarennyh voln
osipshij sh¸pot

i rasstavanie
dlinoj
v nepredskazuemost' vstrechi
zamerlo na starte

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o eta nezhnost'
v obnimku
s vetrom poputnym
vdogonku
moej sud'be

o eta ten'
stroki neobuzdannoj
na slepyashchem
snege
razluk

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nam by pit' s toboj vino
pred nashestviem viny
za vnezapnost' tishiny

i otmalivat' u boga
pered dal'neyu dorogoj
nevozvratnye grehi

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e¸
ubegayushchij smeh

ego
zapozdalyj vzdoh

- odinokaya babochka
chto raskruzhilas' pod lyustroj
utonula
v vaze
s uvyadshim
cvetkom

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ego nebrezhnoe "poka"
- bezbrezhnoe
pochti kak vremya

uzh ne do vechera
- do vechnosti

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a hochesh'
- vmeste navestim
sluchajnost'
podzh¸gshuyu odnazhdy
nashi sud'by
a hochesh'
- vroz'

a hochesh'
- vmeste ubezhim
ot vozvrashchenij
a hochesh'
- vroz'

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no tol'ko
ne s toboyu

ni v prizrachnost'
ni v gr¸zy
ni v sutoloku budnej
ni v carstvo nostal'gii

no tol'ko
ne s toboyu

uzh nikogda
s toboyu
v rasput'e
i v razdol'e
v ogon'
i v pepelishche

i v tom
chto tak i budet
ya
imenem tvoim
bescennym
klyanus' sud'be

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i vdrug
vdogonku
padayushchee s etazhej
- postoj
ya ne dogovorila...

i rezkij vzmah peril
v otvet

i vnov'
"po trebovaniyu"
ostanovka serdca

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neostorozhnyh slov
sladchajshaya bespechnost'
uzhe v kotoryj raz
ty gorech'yu sochish'sya
iz vseh
shchelej
razluki

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esli
Vy zahotite
podarit' mne
vselennuyu

ya postarayus'
e¸ uderzhat'
v rukah
blagodarnyh

esli zh
e¸ uronyu
- da hranit menya
Vashe proshchenie

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uzhe
ne tvoya zabota

- p'yanet'
ot moego smeha

- poit' menya
iz ladonej
nektarom
hmel'nogo breda

- vymenivat'
zimy na v¸sny

- vypleskivat'
radost'
pod nogi vremeni
pozvolyaya emu spotykat'sya

uzhe
ne tvoya zabota

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i byl vzdoh
ryzheokoj
prediyul'skoj negi
chto otpechatan v serdce
razmokshim sledom

i vzl¸t isstupl¸nnogo "da"
i bezdyhannogo "net"
oglushitel'noe
paden'e
o
skorbnaya ispoved'
greshnoj nadezhdy

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i snikaya
cherneet
budto vdrug opalilsya
mertvennym znoem razluki
tvoj golos
naitie

budto krov'yu lilovoj
na plat'e tvo¸ goluboe
sochitsya

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Vam budet obidno
vs¸ zhe
kogda zhenshchina
nekaya
ne postuchitsya
bolee
v prostenok Vashego bytiya
ne podarit
na den' rozhdeniya
Vam
ni p'yanyashchego zapaha
tiny morskoj
ni slepyashchej peny
priboya
Vy dazhe zaplachete
mozhet byt'
ot zhalosti
k sebe
- umershemu v e¸ pesne

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oblokotivshis'
na
mramornyj
postament
pamyati
on
perelistyval
svoi
poteri

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v otvet
na tvoj vopros
nesmelyj
sedelo serdce

i son predutrennij
gasil rassvet
slezami

i povodyr' vcherashnij
- skitalec veter
zamer
mezh derev'ev
vo vnezapnoj mgle

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segodnya
v celom mire
ty i ya

i vs¸
chto nas besstrastno
drug u druga
otbiraet

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naznach' mne
svidan'e
v odnu iz subbot
chto poblizhe k vesne
na odnoj
iz nedavno otkrytyh
planet
gde ne greh eshch¸
byt' schastlivoj

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stremitel'no mchalis' budni
ne oborachivayas'
ne oklikaya

po utram ya molilas' na Vas
po nocham ya molilas' za Vas

Vashe imya
ot vremeni ne potusknelo

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v s ¸
produmano

v s ¸
provereno

v s ¸
izmereno

v s ¸
otmereno

v s ¸
ulozheno

v s ¸
ulazheno

v s ¸
razglazheno
ne pridumano

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a on
okazyvaetsya
ucelel
tot den'
ispolnennyj duetom
radugi i livnya

i vot uzh
celyj mig
zvuchit
zvuchit
i vspyhivaet skorb'yu
iz-pod oblomkov
let

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<h2>
glava shestaya
</h2>
	druz'yam moim
	lyubimym odessitam
	s blagodarnost'yu
	za razdel¸nnuyu zhizn'

<A name="267"></A>

<h2>
PLACH
PRICHALA
</h2>

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NOSTALXGIYA

po obnazh¸nnym provodam
ona skol'zit
odetaya v oranzhevoe plamya
i na letu
s sebya ego sdiraet
chtob ne izzhech'
mne serdce

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gudok-klinok
otsekaet kanaty
istekshego vremeni
i korabl'
to li v raj
to li v ad
otplyvaet

vdogonku emu
prorochestv razvenchannyh
edkij dym
i obrech¸nnyj
na dolguyu-dolguyu zhizn'
plach prichala

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ty syadesh'
v uyutnoe kreslo
i vzglyadom
vnezapno kosnesh'sya
buketika
sine-zh¸ltyh cvetov
chto naprotiv
v korichnevoj vaze
i vzdrognesh'
ot revnosti
k toj sebe
chto kogda-to
ohapkami ih unosila
s arkadijskogo sklona

i ot yarostnyh sl¸z
na mgnoven'e
oslepnesh'

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OBIDA

pruzhinit
chugunnaya lestnica
pod neprikayannym
shagom

stremitel'no
raspahnulis'
chugunnye
dvorovye vorota

po sredi gorodskogo shuma
kachnulas'
i zamerla
ulica

ehom
vtorit pul's
protyazhnym gudkam
parohodov

tonet
iyun'skoe
utro

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	pamyati hudozhnika
	Iosifa Ostrovskogo

voz'mi s soboj
moj smeh

on nevesomyj

on umestitsya
na tvo¸m dyhan'e

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	pamyati
	Lyuby Kazancevoj

chto eto
tak pylaet
peplom
obrushivayas'
na serdce

to mechetsya
proshloe
ne ukroshch¸nnoe
vremenem

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tak zahotelos'
vdrug
uslyshat'
golos mamy

i pahlo molniej
ot sada
omytogo dozhd¸m
vospominanij

i byli starymi
derev'ya

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	Mashe
	Pereverzevoj

Odessa
proshchalas'
s toboj
prizhavshis'
rastreskavshimisya
mostovymi
k bosym nogam
podariv
im
na pamyat'
sem'
serebristyh
tropinok
begushchih
k moryu

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mne b
na mig
prorvat'sya
v ch¸rno-beloe vchera

mne by
nadyshat'sya
belym snegom

mne by
vymolit'
proshcheniya u mamy

mne b
dotronut'sya
do belogo konya

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kotoryj god
ya plachu po Odesse
gde leto
iznachal'no na ishode
gde trotuary
v plameneyushchih sledah
shagov proshchal'nyh
gde polden'
rassech¸nnyj strahom nochi
krovopodt¸kami
stekaet
v sumrak
nashih
dush

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lavinoj
pahnuvshih akaciej
predchuvstvij
Odessa prorvala
dushi ocepenen'e

i sl¸zy e¸ ulic
siroteyushchih otnyne
tonuli v zolotyh luchah
chto vyplesnula
pamyat'
razbuzhennaya buntom
neutihshih let

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o maj
moih zhelanij neu¸mnyh

ty vnov'
da¸sh' otvedat' mne
akacii hmel'noe zel'e

i vnov'
dyhan'e vlastnoe tvo¸
u gub moih

i teni ruk lyubimyh
zastyvshih v krike radosti
vnov' zapylali
vyrvavshis' iz plena nochi

i s vysoty besstrashnyh let
ya pticej feniks
padayu v tvoi ob®yat'ya

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chem
rasplatit'sya
za roskosh'
prosnut'sya
ot vzryva akacii

umyt'sya
penoj rassveta

v ob®yatiyah dnya
zaderzhat'sya

noch'
posvyatit' zv¸zdam

i lish' rassmeyalos'
v otvet
ot sl¸z razmytoe
eho poter'

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gorela
pamyat'

dve
obozhzh¸nnye
teni
vynosili
arhivy
zabveniya

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	pamyati
	Raisy Isaakovny
	Ojgenziht

lestnica
v vosem' shagov

beg
iz samogo serdca
navstrechu
- "ya zazhdalas' vas lyudi!"

i my
v zhelannom plenu
teh nezabvennyh vstrech

v dome
chto byl tvoim

v hrame
chto nash navechno

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vdol' morya
vdol' neba
po prihoti vetra
slezami kasayas'
konca i nachala
plyv¸t otrazhen'e
zvezdy
nevospetoj

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davaj
s toboj
pomyanem
tot rassvet
chto umer
zahlebnuvshis'
solncem

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VECHER NA DACHE

derevo
podstavlyaet
ladon'
nebosvodu

potoki
ptich'ih
priznanij
zalivayut terrasu
blazhenstvom

uhodyashchij luch
na mgnoven'e
probralsya
v besedku

my p'¸m moloko
iz sirenevyh
kruzhek

segodnya
vechnost'
k nam
blagosklonna

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	Belle Lebedinskoj

voskresen'e
utro
balkon
budto pervyj ryad
amfiteatra
i hor
otdohnuvshih za noch'
derev'ev naprotiv
ispolnyayushchij gimn
v chest' prihotej neba
i vechnogo prazdnika
v dome u Belly

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iz snov vozniklo
i vspyhnulo yav'yu
derevo
pod moim oknom

slovno
pristanishche
skital'ca-golosa
zadyhayushchegosya ot robosti

slovno
stupen'ki k nebu
dlya nezryachej molitvy

slovno
posoh solnca

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poludennyj znoj
ukrylsya
v ob®yatiyah
sirenevyh kolokol'chikov

zadremal
pod nezatejlivyj
ih aromat

emu
kak obychno grezilis'
more
i zhenshchina
rascvetayushchaya ot ego shchedrosti

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v tom oblike
bylo takoe
chto mramor
postich'
ne smog by

v tom vremeni
bylo takoe
chto zahlestnulo
pamyat'

no luch
dvazhdy svetivshij
sverknul
v mo¸m sne
odnazhdy
i nechto
zatrepetalo

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"zachem zhe
tak stremitel'no
tak mimo"
- donositsya iz pereulkov
detstva

i vot uzhe
poluzabytyh zapahov tolpa
napererez soznan'yu
i beg sud'by
na povorote stolbeneet

a ya skuchayu po tebe
a ya skuchayu po tebe
a ya skuchayu po tebe

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slova
sokrytye
pod pyl'yu zv¸zdnoj
zachem-to ozhili

glaza olen'i
zamayachili iz niotkuda
vobrav v sebya
prichudlivost'
ottenkov svetotenej
i priglush¸nnyj monolog
travy podlunnoj
i zoloto protyanutyh luchej
i tihij smeh
zari novorozhd¸nnoj

o moj olen'
ty vs¸ eshch¸ carish'
v dushe neobor¸nnoj

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na dva
tishajshih
mgnoven'ya
prislonis'
k moej pamyati
more

ostav'
u e¸ poroga
dve volny
iz tvoih vladenij

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tuman
chto tajnu trav rzhaveyushchih
ot yarostnyh nabegov solnca
zaslonil
stenoj
iz sl¸z svoih
byl nebu neugoden

ch e m ?

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staryj portret
ranen
potuhshim
vzglyadom

kaplej
stekaet skorb'
v ladoni zabven'ya
zastyvaya
slepkom
dushi

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vzorvan
monotonnyj gul vokzala
skrezhetom
rvanuvshihsya vagonov

i otchayanno
zasuetilos' vremya
oklikaya vseh
komu sluzhilo

i Otrada
otozvalas' plachem
na odnom iz sklonov
priyutivshem
pervoe priznan'e

	Otrada -
	plyazh v Odesse

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lyubov'
ya znayu
ty uhodish' umirat'

lyubov'
ya vizhu
ty pochti uzhe v gorah

i tol'ko sled
ot sveta tvoego
prinik toskoyu
k yunosti travy

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sbezhav
ot otrazhen'ya svoego
v e¸ zrachkah
on naslazhdalsya
radugoj svobody

no bog moj
ne odnazhdy
v razlivah oseni
v e¸ pechal'nyh zvonah
zaslyshav smeh tot
priglush¸nnyj
on iznyval
ot zhazhdy
vozvrashchen'ya

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DIALOG S PROSHLYM

"allo
eto ya
zdravstvuj"
- dyhan'e
o steny
s razgona

iz
neprohodyashchego "bylo"
- myatushchihsya dush
obertony

iz neprehodyashchego "bylo"
- kuda uzh teper'
- lyubila

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i do sih por
na dne
tvoih zrachkov
mostov davno sozhzh¸nnyh
otrazhen'e

i obruch¸nnye navek
pustynya
i morskaya pena

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	pamyati
	Lili Ryaboj

my rassta¸msya
- vsluh vzdyhaet nebo

my rassta¸msya
- obessilel
kolokol razluki

my rassta¸msya
- v traure sekundy

drozhit bezzvuch'e
padayushchih sl¸z
nad tishinoj

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vnezapno opustevshie
ob®yat'ya

vagonnoe okno
prostrelennoe otchayan'em

i ruki-pleti
chto ne uderzhali serdce
padayushchee na asfal't

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25 - 47 - 29

vs¸ tot zhe
nomer telefona
i ostanovka ta zhe
i dom
i lestnica
i dver' nalevo

i v polumrake pamyati
vs¸ te zhe
hrupkie uliki
pozhiznennogo ozhidaniya

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KOGDA
TANCEVALA MAJYA

lyustry-kacheli
na mig
kosnulis'
dyhaniya zala

ego
nemogo stona

ego
raskal¸nnyh
ladonej

i voznesli
pod kupol
molitvu
vostorga

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	Tamare Kazavchinskoj

na obratnom puti
iz mechty
ya v metro YUgo-Zapadnom
zaderzhus'

i ottuda begom
v nezabvennyj
tot maj
gde na vseh etazhah
let sbezhavshih
sledy
i tvoj vzglyad
neumerenno sinij

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	pamyati
	Marii Vinnickoj -
	moego druga i pervogo izdatelya

i v carstve svoih kartin
i v tihom otbleske lampy
i v navazhdenii mraka
iz glubiny nochej

Vy
neizmenno Mariya
gordaya i letyashchaya
ne uronivshaya
i kapli sveta
dushi svoej

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	Lie Davidovne
	Ovsyannikovoj

i snova
Den' Rozhdeniya
igru zateyal
detskuyu
vse labirinty Pamyati
perevernul
vverh dnom

Tosku iz Pesni
vybrosil
u Solnca
kraski vyprosil
Lune na udivlenie
razrisoval
Vash Dom

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ZIMA V ODESSE

ne ublazhat'
prichudami
a vlastvovat'
yavilas'
bessnezhnaya zima
ukrav
pechal' u oseni
koronu u vesny
i mirazhi u leta

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ODESSKIJ MOTIV

zabyv
o vremeni goda
yanvarskoe solnce
shaleya
draznit sonnoe more
zharom prikosnoven'ya
legko otdavayas' vstreche
s nepostizhimost'yu
leta

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profil' molchan'ya
chto sotkan
iz rannih fevral'skih zakatov
budto grifelem ch¸rnym
perecherknul
poyavlen'em vnezapnym
likuyushchee
utro
marta

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	pamyati
	Iosifa Kessel'mana

i plakal sneg

i mart
v kotoryj raz
ladoni omyval
ego pechal'yu

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iyul' na ishode
i zapahom lipy
Odessa
k nemu pril'nula

a v Pale-Royale
hudozhnik
na holst
perenosit ih sl¸zy

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tebe
odinoko plyvushchemu
v more poter'
detstvo
brosit odnazhdy
spasatel'nym krugom
sny-viden'ya
gde kor' v razgare
i slepit lampa
i golos mamy
u izgolov'ya

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molchan'e
rv¸tsya
v kloch'ya

proshchanie
toropit

i maska Arlekina
rassechena pechal'yu

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kto
byl ryadom s toboj
Arlekin
kogda ty proshchalsya
s maskoj
iznoshennoj
no
lyubimoj

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istoshno razzvonilsya
kolokol zapretov
pytayas'
oglushit' sud'bu zhelan'ya
vnov' prokatit'sya
vdol' po vselennoj chuvstv
na loshadyah
iz devyatnadcatogo veka

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znobit akaciyu

zel¸nym
plamenem
derev'ya
zaslonyayut
nemigayushchuyu
sin'

nadezhdy
vystroilis'
u prichala
s biletami
na zv¸zdnyj
ostrov

a bol'
podkralas'
povisla
ryadom

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MOYA ODESSA

o etot gorod
pod ch'im pokryvalom
zv¸zdnym
bredili vetry zhelanij

o etot gorod
ch'¸ imya
- simfoniya
livnevyh kapel'
smeha i sostradaniya

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ya perechtu pis'mo tvo¸
eshch¸ raz
no potom
kogda velikodushno
propustivshie moyu pechal'
cherez svoi granicy
Bosfor i Dardanelly
budut pozadi

kogda v sud'be moej
zastynet komom
tvoj tost proshchal'nyj
- tost ispovedal'nyj

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zel¸nye shatry
na ulicah Kfar-Saby
gostepriimny
i shchedry na tihost'

da tol'ko vot
ot shumnyh kron platanov
ustavshej boli
nikuda
ne skryt'sya

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ya zasmotrelas' na Odessu
teper' uzhe
iz dal'nih stranstvij

korona
iz kashtanovyh sozvezdij

shlejf zapahov
akacii i lipy

luna
nyryayushchaya v beluyu siren'

platany
sbrosivshie starye odezhdy

i Rishel'evskaya i Pushkinskaya
- vechnye sopernicy
chto mchatsya na svidanie
s teatrom nesravnennym

rassvet v slezah
i vsplesk volny
na pamyat'

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on otstupal
v bezverie
ne isprosiv
proshcheniya

u yunosti
otsluzhivshej
ego
zhelaniyam

u zhenshchiny
iscel¸nnoj
ego
veroj

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dymilas'
platforma
goreli
sekundy
mezh nebom
i bezdnoj
metalos' dyhan'e

i poezd
rvanulsya
i mir
pokachnulsya
i vzglyad
oborvalsya
na poluslove

a shpaly
vzdymalis'
a shpaly
smiryalis'
pod marshi razluki
pod marshi skitanij
pod plach
neprikayannoj teni
osirotevshih ruk

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	pamyati otca

i padali hlop'yami
zv¸zdy
vosled ubegayushchej nochi

i fakelom utra
zazh¸gsya
k zhizni rvanuvshijsya mig

i byla nezatejlivoj
pesn'
u kolybeli nachala

pro to
chto v arteriyah smeha
kochuet otchayan'ya krik

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s t o p!

dyhan'e zacepilos'
za odinokij fonar'
nad obryvom

shag spotknulsya
o sled
vnezapnogo potryaseniya

ta skamejka
snova
metnulas' na pomoshch'

ta otchayannaya minuta
letit v propast'

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MAJ V ODESSE

zel¸noe
prazdnuet
svo¸ vozrozhdenie

goluboe
perelivaetsya
v sinee

kashtany
bredyat
denno i noshchno

skripki
trepeshchut
vydyhaya zhelaniya

zvezdy
speshat pozdravit'
rassvet
s rozhdeniem tajny

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	vmesto poslesloviya
	k knige moih druzej
	Mariny i Danielya Mazinyh
	"Ob®yat' neob®yatnoe..."

ya slushayu ih strastnye rasskazy
i plachu i smeyus'
i serdce napolnyaetsya
lyubov'yu
	gorech'yu
		toskoj po druzhbam
chto zastyli
u prichala vremeni inogo
kuda slezami sostradan'ya
nas vozvrashchayut sny cvetnye
-- v te prazdniki i budni
ch'im vozduhom ne nadyshat'sya...

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<h2>
glava sed'maya
</h2>
	prekrasnym
	druz'yam moim izrail'tyanam
	s blagodarnost'yu za lyubov'
<h2>
ANI IVRI
</h2>

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ANI IVRI

mne
volej sluchaya
ne sozhzh¸nnoj

mne
ne udushennoj

mne
ne sokrytoj
krovavymi vekami Bab'ego YAra

nikuda i voveki
ne det'sya
ot vstrechnogo krika
sogbennyh prizrakov getto

ot skorbi
zavisshej
nad vechnym voplem
chadyashchih gazovyh kamer ...

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i nastupil Izrail'
punktirom alym
razdelivshij dve epohi
vsego odnoj lish' zhizni

i skorbno ulybnulas'
evrejskaya dusha
vosled obetam
otshumevshego nachala
i raspravlyaya kryl'ya
derzko otmahnulas'
ot bessmert'ya
predpochitaya vremya
gde kazhdaya sekunda
uchtena

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zvezda
chej golos vs¸ eshch¸ zov¸t
ustavshuyu mechtu

zakat
v ch'¸m plameni
bagrovo-ch¸rnom
plavyatsya ottenki vdohnoven'ya

voshod
v ch'¸m vzore
pritailsya plach vostorga

vse byli zaodno
v tot chudo-mig
v chest' nashej vstrechi
na zemle obetovannoj

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i vnov'
kruzhit nad mirom
oblako iz sl¸z tvoih
Izrail'

i hor vetrov
unosit v nebo
eho placha
po tvoim ubitym detyam

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ni vypryamit'sya
ni vzdohnut'
pod gruzom pepla dush
sozhzh¸nnyh
plamenem bezumiya

no my id¸m
po nebu
oprokinutomu buntom zv¸zd
shestikonechnyh

i sl¸zy veka
nas soprovozhdayut
v vechnost'

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uspet' by
do tebya dojti
poka ne razveli mosty
poka ne rastvorilsya
v nagote luny
cvet zova tvoego
chto otrazheniem purpurnym
garceval na listikah travy

a tam rukoj podat'
do zv¸zd Ierusalima

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ya
priblizhayus'
k Ierusalimu
i razdvigayutsya kulisy
tysyacheletnih gr¸z

na avanscene
v belokamennyh odezhdah
ego sud'ba
lish' solncu
doveryayushchaya
tajnye nadezhdy

i aplodiruet dusha
i plachet
pered nachalom vechnym
dejstva

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odnazhdy
po doroge domoj
na ulice Ha-Karmel'
moj vzglyad
vnezapno razbilsya o derevo
budto zastyvshee
v skorbnoj molitve po mal'chiku

eshch¸ vchera
odetogo v siyanie razuma
a segodnya
- v togu iz belogo mramora

eshch¸ vchera
derzhavshego kazalos'
klyuchi otkrytij
a segodnya
- hranitelyu
svoej nedopisannoj formuly

- navechno hranitelyu
svoih dvadcati chetyr¸h
novogodnih zhelanij

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strana moya
ch'i utrennie svodki
- uvy tak chasto vystrely
v pul'saciyu serdec

strana moya
gde tysyachi zhelanij yunyh
otdany
na vechnoe hranenie
vesne obetovannoj

kogda otplachu
vse tvoi poteri
byt' mozhet i posmeyu
v lyubvi k tebe priznat'sya
sodrannym
v krov'
sh¸potom

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SEDXMOJ DENX PESAHA

ne narushaya
tishiny vekov
oni segodnya
vlastvuet
tvoj zov Moshe

kak i togda
na rubezhe
poslednem

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pod zvuki
pobeditel'nogo shestviya
shofara
na mo¸m balkone
trepetno vzroslel cvetok

a na rassvete
nesterpimo yunym bleskom
myatezhnoj ploti svoih list'ev
vpletalsya v zolotye pryadi
pylkogo izrail'skogo solnca
i priglashal menya
na trapezu Sukkot

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na poputnoj mashine
v mirnuyu zhizn'
mchitsya devochka
v forme voennoj

na plechah e¸ uglovatyh
avtomat storozhit
predvkushenie belogo tanca

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shabat
ya sizhu naprotiv okna
otkrytogo v vechnost'

moi polusonnye veki
razmykaet poyushchee utro
polagaya naivno
chto i den' i vecher
i dazhe noch'
vedomy ego nachinan'em

shabat
ya u sebya doma

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i da budet uslyshan
vopl' nestihayushchej boli
- d o k o l e . . .

i da sorvany budut
okovy pechali
s nepogibshih
poka eshch¸
nashih nadezhd

i da vstrepen¸tsya orlicej
zhizn'
ustavshaya
umirat'

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a na slezah
pechal'yu iznur¸nnoj
pamyati moej
luch solnechnyj
nadolgo zaderzhalsya
dyhan'em zharkim
neugomonnoj zhizni

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	Vale
	Basovskoj

v tvoj den'
v Izraile
cvetet mindal'

i obramlyaet
tihuyu ulybku marta
pechal'noj radost'yu
izvechnyh obeshchanij

i ustilaet put' e¸ korotkij
gorstyami
osmelevshih
ozhidanij

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dozhdyu konca ne budet
a ya s toboj proshchayus'
kak budto prazdnik leta
nas ozhidaet ryadom

gde golos obnazh¸nnyj
prikosnoven'em derzkim
odarivaet dushu

gde nashih ruk svidan'e
zasvechennoe solncem
ne opoznat' razluke

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	Aline Lejker

za pamyat'
chto vzryvaet steny snov

za gody
ne predavshie nadezhdu

za begstvo v smeh
iz merzloty smiren'ya

za sharik goluboj
ustalost'yu ne smyatyj

i za podarennye rozy
meridianom
tridcat' pyatym

	tridcat' pyatyj -
	koordinata Izrailya

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i obraml¸nnye
okonnoj ramoj
kryshi povisayut
v rozovoj vuali

i oprokinuv sny
ya pripadayu vzglyadom
k utrennej Kfar-Sabe

k e¸ kartinam
sotkannym
viden'yami i yav'yu

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to zolotyas' i nezhas'
v poceluyah
buntarya-voshoda

to otrazhayas'
v sumerkah lilovyh
skul'pturnoj grafikoj
i graciej derev'ev

to v dekabre
obrushivayas' na dyhan'e
zapahami maya

uzhe na podstupah
k dushe moej
Kfar-Saba

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segodnya
ya naedine s Kfar-Saboj
- tak blizko ot Vojny
tak daleko ot predskazanij
ZHizni

i v tishine shatrov
nepronicaemoj
dlya postoronnih vzglyadov
ya poveryayu ej
trevogu za sud'bu zhelan'ya
eshch¸ raz oshalet'
ot zapahov vesny

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i chto podelaesh'!

kogda neugomonnoe
izrail'skoe solnce
v fevrale
tak strastno vozrozhdaet
devstvennuyu sinevu nebes

a ozero Kineret
oderzhimo molitsya
za vozvrashchen'e tuchi
chto beremenna dozhd¸m

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<h2>
glava vos'maya
</h2>
	druz'yam moim
	dorogim
	zhivushchim v Amerike

<h2>
ZDRAVSTVUJ
I PROSHCHAJ
AMERIKA ...
</h2>

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na zacharovannye sny
na neizbezhnost' probuzhden'ya
na strah pred smert'yu
i pred zhizn'yu
nashestviem
gryad¸t
Amerika

	N'yu-Jork,
	mart 1989

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	Natashe i Ize Bruk

sem' dnej
nechayannyh-negadannyh
spressovannyh
v odnom mgnovenii
podareny sud'boj
i vami
na pamyat' budnyam
v shtopanyh nadezhdah
i serdcu
chto zastignuto vrasploh

	Los-Andzheles,
	aprel' 1989

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druz'ya moi
zhivushchie v YUte
H'yustone
San-Francisko
N'yu-Jorke i Bostone
moj balkon
priglashaet vas
na pir vinogradnogo dereva
v chest'
vzmetnuvshihsya kryl'ev oseni
i dushi
chto ne stala zhertvoj
vnezapnogo s nej stolknoveniya

	Izrail' 1999

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nam navstrechu
vozduh vzryvalsya siren'yu
i budto obuhom po serdcu
- chuzhih derev'ev
belorozovoe cveten'e
i dve tihie ulicy
Belvista i Lankaster
napereboj
zazyvali nas
domikami-dvorcami
zaglushaya zhaloby
zabludivshejsya koshki

	Boston, den' pervyj,
	maj 1989

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	dorogim moim sestram
	s lyubov'yu

iz tishiny bezzv¸zdnyh nochej
iz zheleznogo lyazga
stremitel'nyh budnej
kogda-nibud'
vyplyvet velichie vechnyh gor
podpirayushchih kalifornijskoe