Is it because there is no stopping moments

by Mikhail Eremin
translated by J. Kates

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Is it because there is no stopping moments
No matter how splendid this might be,
That time is like a by-
Product of the creation of the world,
Going along with the moon and the sun — days, months,
years.
But we have to admit, how much more seductive
Hypotheses and conjectures, even dreams
About reversing time.

2012

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The real inhabitants of bridges
Are sightseers and suicides.  Fishermen
Are not in favor with the guardians of order.  Other folk —
Move on or move over, for every bridge
That spans a river, or spans a road,
In fact, is a segment,
It happens, late in life,
Laid down to point B from point A, on the journey.

2013