What can I say as a man of letter?
That life is tough, but life is good.
I wish I would make it slightly better.
I think I would. But if I could.
I choose between exalted cares,
Esoteric spirit, «Earnest» mind
And simple necessities of bear
And other humble unpretentious kind.
The eternal question «To be or not?»
I decide (of course) — «I am, and I will».
But there is some bothering spot —
How to be over the hill?