Saturday, December 6, 2008

Rasputina

In the beginning of the twentieth century
Russia found itself at a rasputiye, (crossroad)
When all of a sudden there appeared a rasputnik (debauched person)
And Russia became mired in a rasputitsa. (season of horribly muddy roads)

M. Tarlova

from Rasputin's Daugher by Robert Alexander

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