| or about poets and hysterics
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| Whoever ended his life tragically, he is a true singer,
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| And if at the exact time, then in full:
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| At number 26, one stepped under the gun,
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| The other one got into a noose in Angleterre.
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| And to Christ - he was singing, he was saying:
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| "Don't kill!"  | 
| If you kill me, I'll find it everywhere, they say.
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| But - nails in his hands, so that he does not do anything,
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| And nails in the forehead so that you don’t think about anything
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| With the number 37, hops flies off me at the moment, -
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| Here and now - how cold it blew:
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| Under this figure, Pushkin guessed a duel
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| And Mayakovsky lay down with his temple on the muzzle.
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| Let's dwell on the number 37!  | 
| cunning god -
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| He posed the question point-blank: either — or!
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| Both Byron and Rimbaud lay down on this line, -
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| And the current ones somehow slipped through.
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| The duel did not take place or was postponed,
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| And at 33 they crucified, but not much,
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| And in 37 - not blood, but what is there blood!  | 
| - and gray hair
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| I stained the whiskey not so abundantly.
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| “Weak to shoot?!  | 
| On the heels, they say, the soul has long gone!”
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| Patience, psychopaths and whores!
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| Poets walk with their heels on the blade of a knife -
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| And cut their bare souls into blood!
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| The word "long-necked" at the end had three "e", -
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| Shorten the poet!  | 
| - the conclusion is clear, -
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| And a knife in him!  | 
| - but he is happy to hang on the edge,
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| Stabbed to death for being dangerous!
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| I pity you, adherents of fatal dates and numbers, -
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| Languish like concubines in a harem!
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| Life span has increased - and maybe the ends
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| Poetov moved back for a while!
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| Yes, it's true, the neck is long - the bait for the noose,
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| And the chest is a target for arrows, but do not rush.
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| Those who have gone beyond dates have gained immortality,
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| So don't rush them too much! |