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ZIEMEĻOS - by Inga Abele

{ Poem }

Rieta gaisma ziemeļos atnāk aveņsārta un tikla. Uzliesmo
/ cilvēku silueti uz krustcelēm, klusās sarunās svinēdami vienīgo
/ autobusu uz Rīgu. Iekuras māla…

‘Tas varbūt būtu vislabāk…’ - by Amanda Aizpuriete

{ Poem }

Tas varbūt būtu vislabāk – nelikties zinis
/ par tipogrāfijām, nemaz nelaist klāt vārdiem
/ tos svinīgi melnos un vienādos burtus,
/ lai paliek viss mana…

from Resistance with Mickey Mouse - by Sergej Timofeyev

{ Poem }

I got myself a gun
/ and fought back from the ninth floor
/ where Mickey Mouse is under my protection.
/ It’s been nine rising…

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