Karl Ivanovich Kollmann, German-Russian
“Yeah, I’d Like To Date More. But It’s Just So Hard To Find a Guy Who Isn’t Threatened By How Much Money I Make,” Date Unknown
Pencil and watercolor on paper
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/// Two peasant serfs born in Siberia
judged jobs by competing criteria.
Pure clean water fought thirst;
but was cleanliness first?
In her way, each one battled bacteria.
/// “We both work very hard, heaven knows.
You at scrubbing the dirt out of clothes.
Walking burdened, I lug
every water-filled jug,
while you’ve one foot and hop on your toes.”
/// Later on Reds made land here communal.
Local water was rank and lagoonal.
Here, next to Mongolia,
existence was wholly a
brutal slog to avoid a tribunal.