...Nezvazhayuchy na voyennyy stan, Odesa i dali zhyve veselo, z rozmachom. Pratsyuyut′ kafe i restorany, yde zhvava torhivlya, lyudy shukayut′ rozvah. Os′ i tsyrk pryyichav... Odnak raptovo vse zat′maryuyet′sya tryvozhnoyu zvistkoyu: v misti pochynayut′ znykaty molodi divchata. I schozhe, scho tse yakymos′ chynom pov’yazano z fokusnykom, scho vystupaye v tsyrku. Yoho strashnyy fokus z vidirvanoyu holovoyu zmushuye bahat′och zamyslytysya: a chy lyudyna tse?..
