Vladimir Mayakovsky - The bedbug and selected poetry

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Agitprop
sticks
in my teeth too,
and I'd rather
compose
romances for you –
more profit in it
and more charm.
But I
subdued
myself,
setting my heel
on the throat
of my own song.

Vladimir Mayakovsky

I want to be understood by my country,
but if I fail to be understood –
what then?,
I shall pass through my native land
to one side,
like a shower
of slanting rain.

Vladimir Mayakovsky

In parade deploying
the armies of my pages,
I shall inspect
the regiments in line.
Heavy as lead,
my verses at attention stand,
ready for death
and for immortal fame.

Vladimir Mayakovsky

Love
for us
is no paradise of arbors —
to us
love tells us, humming,
that the stalled motor
of the heart
has started to work
again.

Vladimir Mayakovsky

On the pavement
of my trampled soul
the steps of madmen
weave the prints of rude crude words.

Vladimir Mayakovsky