Miss Twilight

It’s NOT her most obvious distinction,

That she would live …alone with her cat –

It IS the lace of fiction and non-fiction,

That falls into her friendly habitat.

 

It’s NOT her most topical ambition –

To make you Godforsaken forest loose*,

It IS a waft of danger and perdition,

That follows her with upcountry** news.

 

It’s NOT the strike of bloodline benediction,

That Old Souls do possess the Lore –

It IS her life-long self-confided mission,

Like a Blackletter Spellbook*** to explore.

 

It’s NOT the bliss of twilight dereliction****,

That drives her to a ruin, full of spell…

It IS her way to keep beyond prediction

And out of the coverage, as well.

 

12-окт-2024

 

 

* LOOSE is so poly-semantic, that no Google will supply the correct translation. Here it’s «Бурая гниль».

** UPCOUNTRY is not about geography, it’s about mentality: «Местечковый».

*** BLACKLETTER is not what Google would range, but «Готический». SPELLBOOK is «Книга Чар», usually titled as «Гримуар».

**** DERELICTION, apart from today’s terms, is translated «Изгойство» or «Запустение».