"Poetry today" consists of unverified rumors, unsubstantiated rumors, useless (for the general public) information, yellowed manuscripts that have been seen by the sun and distorted, sounds full of digressions and unfinished sentences. And yet it maintains an elegance of style, a balance in form, a comfortable and uninterrupted flow of water from a source. Why these contradictions in appearance and meaning? On the one hand, the game, irony, sarcasm, and on the other hand, nostalgia for an inevitable past that we constantly change to satisfy us better, while it was full of missed opportunities, unfulfilled desires, and failed attempts that overshadowed the few beautiful shining moments of completion. That is why "poetry today" is among other things a "bitter carnival".