- Vol. 09
- Chapter 06
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Image by Vony Razom
The Banned Russian Olympian
arrives at his own lake in the Gobi desert,
to lodge his solitary protest before the camera
with a selfie.
It is a pure lake
within the dead infernal
ancient lava-flow of the land.
And shortly after it is taken,
Five Ukrainian children will appear from nowhere,
joining him in a joyful game
of hula hoops.