Prosa

for Yuri 

God bless the Fundbüro, said Yuri 
who was named after Juri Gagarin, 
the cosmonaut who was the first man in space. 
Yuri with a Y had often – without knowing it – 
contributed a line or inspired a thought.

I don’t want anyone to tell me
I’m overqualified or too old
or underqualified or not fitting in
too creative or not submissive enough