“Beat whites whilst they will redden, beat reds till they will whiten” Batka Makhno (organizer of armed gang during the Civil War in Russia). “ I type of ... I want to make excrement” Batka Angel in the serial "Aide-de-camp of His Excellency" (meaning that he is planning to carry out a sociological experiment at his subordinates). BATKA AND EMPTINESS Let’s not condemn, Let’s not discuss... Experiment of human thought, It’s like excrement in icy shell, That flies to unknown concourse of stars. And if it would not smash into, Not plump completely and wholly Into another experiment - excrement, Would not crush its everything at one of the brightest stars, Than with divine help, and possibly with the help of definite mother Will prolong concept of immortal existence of naive and curious to loathing earthmen. 2006 Еnglish translation by A.G. Besedin