Quote Originally Posted by mishau_
That's funny! I found the same poem on efl.ru. The author is known as "an American"

http://www.efl.ru/forum/threads/11614/
This is me who put the poem on that forum.
Begemot is not a Russian and he is located in NY.
I put this example there because I am sure that initial poem is almost as good as it could be written by an Russian man. This is an interesting thing for learners.

Just a little trimming is needed.