FROZEN IN TIME by Vyacheslav Durnenkov - CITD

NOTE: The following text is a working version.
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The Zúev Family
Lína – a woman of about 40, the head of the family
Román (Róma) – her son, 18
Klim – her brother, 45
Sásha – her brother, 40
Grandpa – Lina, Sasha and Klim’s father, 80
The Morózov Family
Yúra – head of the family, over 40
Ólya – his wife
Válya – their daughter, 20
Mísha – their son, 18
Grandma – Olya’s mother
Vladímir Anatólyevich Voronkó
Sergéi Chernovítsky, his helper
Paté– the town ne’er do well
Old Tólya – an old timer in the town of Ragweed
Alyósha the Fool – 18 years old
City residents and tourists
Place: the City of Ragweed.
Time: the Present.
A piece of earth beneath the sky,
The air so fresh and pure.
And on the lips, like crumbs of bread,
The eyes of heaven: fiery stars.
I lean against an old barn wall:
There’s not a sound and not a soul.
The earth is always dear to us:
The less you’re worth, the more it means.
May someone bury me here someday,
Where happiness I once knew.
I’ll rot beneath the silent soil,
And again I will be close to you.
So when this dream one day returns,
I’ll say, with nostrils flared,
“A piece of earth beneath the sky,
The air so fresh and pure.”
~ Boris Ryzhy