“The Lament Response Word to My Friends” (The Author: Zoya Lapitskaya, translated by VFP)
“All got together, many a relative and friend, For celebration of my birthday, wow! The joy of the feast is but absent, ‘Cause the seventy-five is my age now. Suddenly either hand is hurt, Or the knee’s pain strikes. Be alert! Blood pressure digits jump up to the skies, And this soul of mine lately…