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Laughter, beer and smoke
Once again no one knows
Today is my birthday

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On a rock in the lake
A gull is drowsing
A cold dawn
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The black bay
Is a mirror for the Moon
Snowy tears falling down

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Your eyes
Are the ocean
Too bad I can’t swim

Leonid Storch immigrated to the US from the Soviet Union in 1990 and presently teaches English in Thailand.  He has an M.A. in Chinese Studies and a J.D. Degree.  His publication list includes 3 books (all in Russian) and a number of essays, poems, and fiction that appeared in Russian-American magazines and European newspapers. He writes both in Russian and English.