liver licked out of shape,
moldova moya, liquor
loves your shakes
louder the laughing,
lucky the fool, moldova
moya, playing pool
laid out, olives
like eyes, moldova moya,
milked the lies
loved me once, listen
moldova, my semitic
look, moya svoboda
loved my lips fuller,
moya rabota, moldova,
developed Golgotha
old stolen slogans, you
listened, moya
moldova, you listed
our livers on sale, you whistled
when missiles sailed over, moya
moldova, moya lyubovnitza
missed you last winter,
darling, moldova, missed the last
kisses, s’novim godom
beloved, maybe next season
I’ll visit, moldova,
maybe you’ll listen
to livers and spleens,
delicious fishes, moldova
moya, kneading you
clean as whistles,
moya moldova, holding you
over till new year’s eve,
moldova moya, moy
gorod, svoboda, my little
mother, my proper model
my small apartment,
my slide, my bottle
my cobbles, my sled
my awkward muddle
in my moldova, and moya shkola
and apples, and bread