This poem is taken from Stand 212, 14(4) December 2016 - February 2017.

Mikhail Yeryomin Five Poems, Trans. J. Kates
Translated from the Russian by J. Kates


Whether Ares once incited his sister Eris to battle or
With the connivance of their father she pulled her brother into discord; 
Whether Madame la Mort was bidden by Herr Tod
For a bite to eat, or he invited her as a neighbour
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