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Eugene Ostashevsky & Dmitry Prigov
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Reagan’s Image in Soviet Literature Reagan Why do you agitate my soulPoliceman ’Cuz we want to appraise it. Reagan That is God’s affair not man’s. Policeman But that’s what God went and put us here for. Reagan Don’t destroy my poor spirit! Policeman You destroyed it yourself. Reagan Help me! Teach me! Policeman No. You were planned this way from the ages. All we do are appraisals. So they’ve picked a brand-new president Of the United States And they’ve dishonored he former president Of the United States But what’s it to us, like, a president Like, the United States But even so it’s interesting—a Prezdent Of the United States Reagan doesn’t want to feed us Well, OK, it’s really his mistake It’s only over there that they believe You’ve got to eat to live But we don’t need his bread We’ll live on our idea It’ll come to him quite suddenly: Hey, where are they?— But we’ve already gotten to his heart It’s tough for us to live with Reagan— He always wants to beat us Beat yourself, you crazy man! If not, then things will come to such a pass That you will have to beat yourself With help from |
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