Mariinski Theatre - Summer Afternoon
MARIINSKI THEATRE - SUMMER AFTERNOON
Crowds sweep past anonymous
Each a lost individual.
A Russian voice unsmiling -
The girl looks western with heavy mascara
Trying to ape a skinny euro-model.
Her man could have stepped from a tv show -
Russian face with blue jeans and MP3 in ear.
They are a lost nation.
The folk-tune accordion on the corner
Is drowned by decibels of ABBA
And ostentatious noise
From SUVs and stretch limos.
Cyrillic letters are swamped with latin alphabet
McGonalds is brighter and bigger than home cafes
Home signs are outshone by Cepsie Pola
The palaces are topped with neon not crosses.
Native culture has committed suicide
It has left home in search
Of an alien ideal
Note:
Mariinski Theatre was better known in the west for many years as the Kirov Theatre.
Copyright © Sidney Beck | Year Posted 2010
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