This incredible day was covered by rain

by Eduard Limonov
     translated by Anna Halberstadt

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This incredible day was covered by rain
In the park —
Bricks in buildings with red walls
Got soaked

People lived in the houses surrounded by trees
Young, old and kids:

Katya — stared into a corner a whole day
She ran and ran and screamed
Olya — messed up all of her hair

In the attic Fyodor was reading a secret book
Gloomily glancing sideways

Anna — got adorably excited
by discovering in nature something new
(New in nature
Maybe a ray of empty Sun
Maybe depth of an empty forest
Or a new species of a flower)

Rain was rhythmically monotonous
Olya — stared in the mirror
Fyodor — enjoyed his tea with a Chinese bun
Katya — was flying away while falling asleep
Anna — was going out in the rain sadly