Spoiled man
Mar 31st, 2007 by vasgar
 I know it’s possibile to live like that – alone and not actually real
 largely tolerant of yourself
 altthough with a feeling that you are being indulged
 as if you’re stuck underneath a projector of visions
 omniscient and unforgiving
 I tell myself there may exist a mechanics
 of suffering
 in which you are a humble detail
 a lost human being
 held by the hand and urged
 â€more obeisanse, even more obeisanse!â€
 and you even enjoy writing tragically
 about the kind of spoiled man you are
 about a man who is a daily ritual of regrets
 I know that there exists an evil magic to life
 a baroque seduction into which you dissolve
 with a folksy mirth sometimes
 and only the (desperate) dignity of what I am
 - the words of old Thomas -
 gives me courage for the views ahead
Translated by Carrie Messenger
