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Poems from a Stool · 2026

The Selfless One — Dethroned by Himself

The selfless one — dethroned by himself. He found a queen and rushed into battle. The selfless one — collapse of a self. A monarch trapped by a one-day impulse. He renounced his own flesh. Found officers in his inner company. Gave it all to others, no sorting, no measure. Bishops and knights locked tight in their pens. Pampered by will — with no home and no roof. An ordinary pawn builds it all from the ground up, Decides who to be, and whether to be it again. "Selfless" — a word like any other…
Draft translation, the author is still revising it · written in Russian