Srgey Yesenin

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Don't you force a smile, girl, tensely, like you do,
The one I'm in love with isn't really you.

I suppose you know it, and you know it well,
I"m not here to see you but another girl.

I was passing by, and, well, I didn't care, -
I saw you and wanted just to stop and stare.

October 1925