Vera Pavlova

1963 / Moskau

Enough painkilling, heal

Enough painkilling, heal.
Enough cajoling, command,
even if your fiery joys
mean endless inequality
and melt our vessels
that are dispensable.
Enough rehashing, create.
Enough lying to the sick:
they will not get well.

Translation Steven Seymour
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