Vivtsi tsili

Navit′ koly zdayet′sya, scho chas zastyhaye, a zemlya zupynyayet′sya, prychodyt′ zyma. Siriye nebo, shelestyat′ vysochli travy, merechtyat′ hirlyandy pid hul heneratoriv — bil′she dlya svitla, nizh dlya svyata. Lyudy zhyvut′ viynu yak umiyut′, roblyat′ sviy vybir, yak mozhut′: vidpustyty chy chay tam scho, aby svoyi buly tsili? CHy stane sertsya dlya lyubovi u temnu dobu? U zasnizhenych ocheretach Dnipra, na spustilych vulytsyach, scho stikayut′sya z pahorbiv do trasy, u temnych chatach, de porih obsypayut′ makom vid nechysti, a dushi pomerlych prychodyat′ za Rizdvyani stoly, YAna perestupaye cherez dirku v parkani i vplutuyet′sya u dylemy, de nemaye ani pravyl′nych zapytan′, ani vidpovidey, ale ye Maksym, nepevnist′, lyubov i vivtsi.