from Photo Studies
AUGUST STUDY
august the heat of a scorching pot
roofs and portals yellow flashing
a book carelessly flipped through
suddenly dazzlingly blooming like heat
august is a river unspeakably mellow
the old secession buildings flow
a clean thin membrane of light
covers the noon processions of trees
august my relentless idyll
the oily state of warm wax
a street violin sonata sunday
sharp as a sting
anxious
dense
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YURI ANDRUKHOVYCH
Set Change
translated John Hennessy & Ostap Kin
New York Review of Books, 2024
