my heart is a concerto
in which Ithaca was but a concrete cage of steely walls
compressed on my heart, and the fluttering concerto grew too much,
and my heart is too much
with my ribcage but a tiger's cage
and wanton cruelty, and living's ecstasy,
and I am always first to arrive and always last to leave--
(et petite souer, saivez-vous?
la nuit, la nuit, je baise la nuit!)
Dec 30, 2012
Dec 30, 2012 at 12:25 AM UTC
my heart is a concerto
in which Ithaca was but a concrete cage of steely walls
compressed on my heart, and the fluttering concerto grew too much,
and my heart is too much
with my ribcage but a tiger's cage
and wanton cruelty, and living's ecstasy,
and I am always first to arrive and always last to leave--
(et petite souer, saivez-vous?
la nuit, la nuit, je baise la nuit!)
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