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Master
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0 posted 1999-11-14 05:40 PM


In memory of Anna Ahmatova

Last night, during my hours of leisure,
I remember, I wrote something exciting
But this morning, I awoke with amnesia
Unable to interpret my writing

As if someone was guiding my pen,
Directed by much stronger forces,
Not a word can I comprehend
For the exception of two simple verses

I know I won’t write nothing greater
To me, these lines are eternal
“...because I’ve ran out of paper
I write my thoughts in your journal”*

*"...because I’ve ran out of paper
I write my thoughts in your journal" is a beginning of one of Ahmatova's poems.

© Copyright 1999 Andrey Kneller - All Rights Reserved
Systematic Decay
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since 1999-09-15
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1 posted 1999-11-14 08:00 PM


Master, is this true? If so, could you post the writing in it's entirety?

BTW......there's a double negative...."I know I won’t write nothing greater"

Might want to fix that


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Thinking is just what a great many people think they are doing when they are merely rearranging their predjudices.



Master
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2 posted 1999-11-14 10:01 PM


It is true, but I couldn't post the writing in its entirety because I read it in its original (russian) version and then I just translated those two lines into English. I'll try to find a translation on the internet, but I can't gurantee anything. Thanks for the correction, I don't know how I missed that one!
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