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11.08.03iii

Listen,


if stars are lit,


it means there is someone who needs it,


It means that someone wants them to be,


that someone deems those speckles of spit


                                                                    magnificent.


And overwrought,


in the swirls of afternoon dust,


he bursts in on God,


afraid he might be already late.


In tears,


he kisses God's sinewy hand


and begs him to guarantee


that there will definitely be a star.


He swears


he won't be able to stand


                                        that starless ordeal.


Later,


he wanders around, worried,


but outwardly calm,


And to someone else, he says:


'Now,


it's alright.


You are no longer afraid,


are you?'



Listen,


if stars are lit,


it means there is someone who needs it.


It means it is essential


that every evening


at least one star should ascend


over the crest of the building.



(vladimir mayakovsky, 1914)