The Manchester Review
Kerry Hardie
Three poems
Poetry
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The Editor of the Premier Journal of Moldova
Valentina Gherman

In Switzerland, we’re international.
We speak at dinner of ex-Soviet countries.
Of the state they're in.
We toss the ball, discussing the solution.
Someone finally turns and asks her.
The table pauses
and she makes the wait run on.
On doit partir.
What, everyone?
She thinks about this seriously.
Oui. Tout le monde.
She has that blackened Soviet sense of humour.