The ballot box is very transparent
The elections are non-transparent
Bahtiyar Hidayet, a poet from Azerbaijan, shares his short poem
Bahtiyar Hidayet, born in 1974 in the Gazakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan, graduated from university in 1995 and has been working as a history teacher since 1998. Wrote poetry since high school and has 4 poetry books published in Azerbaijan.
End of the Marathon — Cucumber
A boring election marathon
As if it were a football match whose score I already know
I am watching its replay
If I had the chance, into that ballot box
I would drop a red card
Before the election, the candidates’ photos
Are displayed on a large board
Do you know what it resembles?
The photos on a board saying
“They are wanted by the police”
But here it is necessary to write:
“They are wanted by the people”
The ballot box is very transparent
The elections are non-transparent
That box is a very useful box
After the elections
In that box
One can make good pickled cucumbers
For cheap vodka
It would be a good snack.
P.S.
At the end of the first marathon
There was the good news of “Victory”
But at the end of the election marathon — cucumber
We are still 2500 years behind modernity.
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