<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=341204" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Literary Giant</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He wore a grey overcoat, <br>A black fur cap with earflaps, <br>Felt boots and galoshes, <br>Addressing a large crowd<br>Of young writers in Flint, <br>Michigan, declaring<br>With a thick Russian accent: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'You, my American comrades, <br>What do you know about<br>Chekhov or Dostoyesvsky? <br>You who grew up with your<br>Abercrombie & Fitch, <br>Victoria's Secret Bras and<br>Fake Hollywood Orgasms, <br>And your thousand channels<br>Of mindless rubbish-<br>What do you know about<br>Passion and soul? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And he looked around him, <br>Seeing the vacant smiles<br>Of his young audience, <br>Where some guy shouted: <br>'Peace out, dude, it's all good! '<br>And he looked straight into<br>His eyes, saying: <br>'See what I mean! This whole<br>Place is a joke and this<br>University is a joke! '<br>And then he said in Russian: <br>'Chyort poberi! ' leaving the stage <br>With his latest book under <br>His arm entitled <br>'Love in the Time of Futility, '<br>Which has won him<br>The Nobel Prize in Literature…</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And he never set his foot<br>In that godforsaken place<br>Ever again.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> <br> May 25,2008</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Alexander+Shaumyan">Alexander Shaumyan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=341204" data-title="A Literary Giant de Alexander Shaumyan" data-description="He wore a grey overcoat, A black fur cap with earflaps, Felt boots and galoshes, Addressing a large crowd Of young writers in Flint, Michigan, declaring With a thick Russian accent: 'You, my American comrades, What do you know about Chekhov..."></div> </div> </div>

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