Holdor Volcano

Translated from the Russian Alec Vagapov   


Our TV-set

Our TV-set is old
But it is as good as gold...  
My old woman hasn"t cleaned
For a year the TV screen. 
Our screen is very clean
For there isn"t any screen. 
Here I lie in bed, that is
I have got paralysis. 
Though bedridden, I"m OK
Looking at the screen all day. 
My old granny, too, has been
All day staring at the screen. 
Our screen is good because
We don"t see deceptive shows.  
Our programs are all right
Everything is clear and bright. 
Very bright. Two years ago 
We saw an amazing show:  
A drunk actor threw a stone
Fracturing my cranium bone. 
I lost consciousness but I
Fortunately didn"t die. 
We"ve got kids more than enough,
I should say, they"re all well off. 
They have got their own cars, 
But they do not visit us.
We would like so much to see
Our kids on our TV. 
What we want is their faces
To be shown in good graces... 
God grant them lots of joys and health,
Many years of life and wealth. 
Now an action film is on,
Dad is walloped by his son. 
Granny got out of bed  
To turn off the TV-set. 
She took a cushion from the bed
and closed with it the window dead.