Translated material
"You are naked and invulnerable"
During the summer protests, poet and left-wing activist Kirill Medvedev was detained among hundreds of others. In the paddy wagon in which he was taken to the police department, he recorded the song "Let's destroy this prison", which instantly became a hit. The New Times publishes a poem by Kirill Medvedev written after the defeat of the Occupy Abai camp on Chistoprudny Boulevard
Torn apart by dialectics
Torn apart by dialectics
activist duty and desire,
we left the camp and, wandering through the streets,
soon ended up in a courtyard with a small zoo
(pigeons, peacocks, raccoons),
and then under a huge tree,
at which a lonely burning window looked,
and then on the playground,
sandwiched between houses.
— Where do you want? Anna asked. - In the center of the field, at the gate,
maybe on the left flank?
After a while, pre-morning smells
opening flowers, tart leaves
and all this blizzard
dragged us on
lanes, gateways, yards said: love each other,
but not allowed to love
there were cameras everywhere, fences, locks, codes,
and it became clear
that the sports ground turned out to be
great place to love like everyone else
disappearing in the city
open areas, lawns, wastelands,
which are so exciting because everything
secluded places
long fenced, guarded,
stitched with cameras
sifted by glances
from behind any corner the owner can jump out
or the guard
and only in open places
you are naked and invulnerable -
you have 10 seconds
to think about protection
or prepare for death
if the forces are not equal.
Back at the camp
we discovered,
that he was destroyed
some, apparently especially resistant, were killed,
some of the dead had their heads cut off;
like heads of cabbage in some hellish garden
lay and looked at us
comrades' heads.
Ghouls walked among them
in dark suits.
These did not have contradictions between the personal and the political.
We have seen that they are material worked out by history.
And we went to drink coffee at McDonald's.
Main photo: RIA Novosti