Phallus

This was the gods’ god,

The leashed divinity,

Divine divining rod

And Me within the me.

By mindlight tower and tree

Its shadow on the ground

Throw, and in darkness she

Whose weapon is her wound

Fends off the knife, the sword,

The Tiger and the Snake;

It stalks the virgin’s bed

And bites her wide awake.

Her Bab-el-Mandeb waits

Her Red Sea gate of tears:

The blood-sponge god dilates,

His rigid pomp appears;

Sets in the toothless mouth

A tongue of prophecy.

It speaks in naked Truth

Indifference for me

Love, a romantic slime

That lubricates his way

Against the stream of Time.

And though I win the day

His garrisons deep down

Ignore my victory,

Abandon this doomed town,

Crawl through a sewer and flee.

A certain triumph, of course,

Bribes me with brief joy:

Stiffly my Wooden Horse

Receive into your Troy.

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• Ольга Берггольц – Я тайно и горько ревную by Ольга Берггольц
• Ольга Берггольц – Из блокнота сорок первого года by Ольга Берггольц
• Ольга Берггольц – Мы предчувствовали полыханье by Ольга Берггольц
• Ольга Берггольц – Я иду по местам боев by Ольга Берггольц
• Ольга Берггольц – Я говорю by Ольга Берггольц
• Ольга Берггольц – Второй разговор с соседкой by Ольга Берггольц
• Ольга Берггольц – Встреча by Ольга Берггольц
• Ольга Берггольц – Возвращение by Ольга Берггольц
• Ольга Берггольц – Вот я выбирала для разлуки by Ольга Берггольц
• Ольга Берггольц – Воспоминание (И вот в лицо пахнуло земляникой) by Ольга Берггольц
• Ольга Берггольц – В ложе Цимлянского моря by Ольга Берггольц
• Ольга Берггольц – В доме Павлова by Ольга Берггольц
• Ольга Берггольц – Украина by Ольга Берггольц
• Ольга Берггольц – Твоя молодость by Ольга Берггольц
• Ольга Берггольц – Триптих 1949 года by Ольга Берггольц
• Ольга Берггольц – Тост by Ольга Берггольц
• Ольга Берггольц – Таков мой подарок тебе за измену by Ольга Берггольц
• Ольга Берггольц – Так еще ни разу не забыла by Ольга Берггольц
• Ольга Берггольц – Стихи о ленинградских большевика by Ольга Берггольц
• Ольга Берггольц – Старая гвардия by Ольга Берггольц

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