Key Dates in History
Alexander Androv
Translated from the Bulgarian · Основни дати от историята
On the 5th of December
nineteen hundred and twelve
two drunks sat down to stand themselves another round.
On the 8th of February
six hundred and twenty
several children rushed
through the streets of Mediolanum
to greet a troupe of travelling players.
Among them was the young Guitry,
who a few days later ran off with the troupe,
and for a long time people said he had become
a very famous sword-swallower.
On the 22nd of Fructidor and the 11th of Thermidor
seventeen hundred and ninety-nine
many in the village of Dezabie
undressed in the street
to greet the papal legate.
On the 2nd of May last year
nothing special happened after all,
so we went home early.
And all through the week
of the Lenten fast in thirty-three
a few Scythians
were gathering early flowers
near the forest where
they saw a stag and a doe
grazing close together
and scared them off with loud shouts.
A penetrating analysis
of these key trends
allows us to forecast more accurately
the development of civilisation
and the hop harvest in South Sussex.