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Denny – Original lyrics and song

Posted on August 3, 2018 by Julie Deshtor

Dedicated to Denny Somewhere in a distant land by a vacant sea,Stands the wreckage of the building where you’ve danced with me… I never gave up loving you, I buried you inside.I close my eyes and see the poplar trees … Continue reading →

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The Chronicles of a Collapse

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Julie Deshtor

A physicist wi‎th a world name
He couldn’t figure ‎out the math.
The university had not paid scientist salaries for months.
Of the research assistants that he had
three left, one wound up dead.
There are riots on the streets each day. There are four hour lines for bread.
Equations blooming in his mind
are so precise and so right,
but he cannot afford to pay his bills. His wife cries every night. Continue reading →

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Archetypes

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Julie Deshtor

I am calling upon all my monsters and beasts out there, on the glimmering eyes and the silent footsteps in the dark; There are few of us left, soon we will disappear forever. Well, at least we have lived to … Continue reading →

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‎Я мечусь, как зверь за решеткой

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Julie Deshtor

Я мечусь, как зверь за решеткой, ‎ бьюсь об прутья, пугая толпу. Ярость жидким металлом в глотке: “Отпустите, я так не могу!” ‎ Этот век, этот мир – все чужое. Всe равно я порву эту цепь, и монгольской свистящей стрелою … Continue reading →

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Lost genius.  ‎(What bothers me about modernity – Part 2)

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Julie Deshtor

Part 2: Overcrowding ‎ I am not going to go into the usual concerns associated with the word: the impending doom of dwindling resources; the inevitable competition between various human populations; the destruction of habitats and species; the potential for … Continue reading →

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What bothers me about modernity – Part 1

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Julie Deshtor

I have decided to start a new series of post regarding the things that bother me regarding the modern world. Any thoughts and comments are welcome. Part 1 What bothers me about modernity is the dissipation of normal human social … Continue reading →

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Mountain Echo

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Julie Deshtor

“The Execution of the Mountain Echo,” Vladimir Vysotsky: translation by Julie Deshtor: Upon mountain slopes, which the daredevils consider their Mecca, their Mecca, Where winds blow wild and jagged peaks puncture the sky, puncture the sky, There once had resided … Continue reading →

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I am pacing…

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Julie Deshtor

I am pacing like a caged panther. I am growling at the crowd. White-hot, glowing, molten anger – Let me go, let me go, let me out! I will break free somehow, I swear, of the present which makes no … Continue reading →

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2012 Doomsday

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Julie Deshtor

An open letter to the founder of Save the Humanity League (regarding his offer to bed me for the greater good of humankind) Ah, so the savior has arrived! Who is he, arrogant and foolish that he would think blind … Continue reading →

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I miss the future

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Julie Deshtor

I miss the future. Not the current one: nano-bot, cyber-full-emersion, remote-controlled-warfare, post-911, the-oceans-are-rising, fat-free gluten-free future of today. I miss the old one. Where the Cuban missile crisis loomed. And the two great powers balanced each other. Where there was … Continue reading →

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