we come from school or from work

we come from school or from work
we come from a drinking spree in morning
we ride in a leased car
or a suburban trolley-bus

we speak in estonian to our child
or we swear in russian alone
we hum irish rover
coming out from a luxury apartment
in the medieval old town
traded for a studio in soho

we are holding a half empty beer can
or a mobile phone
or a black briefcase with state secrets
or a heating bill so light and yet so heavy

our mother is armenian
or from south estonia
our grandfather was jewish
or a miller from central lowlands

anyway it is
we still feel that
this is our estonia

this is not only my estonia
this is not only your estonia
this is not only his estonia

this country belongs to all of us
estonia is not a wife
or a syringe full of heroin
estonia is a resource
that can be
shared

estonia belongs to everybody
even whores can be respected and loved