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# Translation [the drizzle will soon turn into a downpour] Alexander Kabanov
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- Published: 2022-04-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-04-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: the drizzle will soon turn into a downpour the crippled boy is likely jealous of sits in his wheelchair, gazing at its grandeur the velvet sky is what he's dreaming of
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

the drizzle will soon turn into a downpour  
the crippled boy is likely jealous of  
sits in his wheelchair, gazing at its grandeur  
the velvet sky is what he's dreaming of

But can it be, even the rain is lacking  
and he's not jealous, but in pain, and scared?  
The author's lying, or is merely slacking  
drunk on his words, his poem will be aired.

Quick, turn aside, and the obliging cover  
will shield you from the unexpected rain  
and you think: "is the boy there", and discover  
that he thinks about you, and of his pain

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**Author notes:** Вот дождь идёт и вскоре станет ливнем, наверняка завидует ему Безногий мальчик в кресле инвалидном, в небесную глядящий бахрому. А может быть, ему и ливня мало, нет зависти, а только боль и страх? И автор врёт, как это с ним бывало под рюмочку в лирических стихах. Вот отвернёшься, и речной вокзальчик тебя укроет от иной воды И думаешь: а всё же, был ли мальчик? А мальчик думает: а всё же, был ли ты?