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Schon in frühen Kindheitstagen
hörst du,
Alles muss Sinn haben.
Nur Sinn im Leben
kann dir Zufriedenheit und Glück geben.
Das ist der Beginn
der verzweifelten Suche nach dem Sinn.
Doch man sollte die Zeit nicht mit Suchen vergeuden,
vielleicht ist
der Sinn des Lebens,
sinnfrei
zu
bleiben.
Mateuš Conrad Jan 2019
the ancient greeks
would call
asia's mysticism
nothing more
than a tautology...

tao:

the tao that can be
named,
is not the eternal
tao...

i see one tao:
the best way
you can help
the world,
is to forget the world,
and let the world
to forget you...

like some Irish
poet once wrote;
who was it?

ah!
louis macneice
in ehyeh asher ehyeh...

in der beginn
und der ende
der nur dezent definition
ist tautologie:
mann ist mann,
   frau frau,
    und baum baum,
und welt... welt...


which is the basic
principle of asiatic
"mysticism"...
der ding dass ist, ist...
und der ding dass nicht ist:
         ist
nein-ist,
                  
aber nicht: nein!

watching Swedish drama
i took to understand
the difference between
nein and nicht:
and nichts...

circus of nouns...
Asiatic mysticism -
tautology...

            nein ist nicht ein absolut
    nein:

   the Asiatic folk
spiced it all up
with an addition of
adjectives... nichts mehr...

how can i have
an opinion about England,
not being an Englishman?
sidenote...

i'm no migrant exotica,
i am not luxury:
given that i am economic...
hence
my desire to hide
in German,
whenever i can,
while entertaining
the use of English...

i can't have an opinion
about England,
because i am not an Englishman
and the Englishman's
opinion is worth:
jack-****...

              out of curiosity,
i watch,
and... too apprehensive
about waiting
i forget to wait...

         wenn da eine nachleben:
ich hoffen zu spreschen
deutsche...

i was born in Poland...
so...
what do sie denken my
meinung of England är,
given that i'm not an Englishman
and i'd föredra to speak
Deutsche
after death,
than be plagued by
this acquired tongue?

i don't have an opinion
worthy of it being designated
as having accommodation
to encompass said land,

    i'm only here in passing:
i wish!

              but for not being
a pompous brat,
my servitude is that of the natives...
of which i am not...
hence my minor
ploys of escapism in
german...

somehow...
a few words in German
alleviates the burden
of seeing the natives
buckle before
             whoever reigns...

but being white,
i could almost pass off as
a Brit...
i can, and do...
and then on occassion:
i don't.
Mateuš Conrad Jun 2020
as the world was gearing up to:
         it's usual...  i decided to stop smoking...

and find the crucial difference
between iggy pop &    
tom waits...

     ever since: my blue valentine...
of the latter...
           i never quiet took off from  the stooges -
   until of course: the bowie years...
of the former...

        an exercise in freedom of speech -
blunt knife politico -
molotov cocktail thrown into
      a cesspit -
                and...
                
  here's to going to bed by 12am.

- and some could call this
a new "aesthetic"...
           ℜ ℑ ℘:
                    ∀(for all)
                    ∃ (there exists)
             a      ∇ (backward difference)...

▒ fuzzy & brittle...
     ░ fudge-pie for cue...
        ▓ shackles of a gymnast...
             █ loop hole in heaven...
    tomb rake: box-car rituals... of...
                a day to celebrate...
horse-racing...

               ∰? a symbol of being bulletproof...

- and this is how you write:
summer: ℜ ℑ ℘ ℰ
           hell: even autumn should
apples and pears be questionable
when all the tender fruits
are harvested first...

         otherwise a...
                      ◼♭ -
                                    or a borrowed
square from a virtue: lost to...
the circus and some sudoku:

◼  ◼  ◼
◼  ◼  ◼
◼  ◼  ◼             i have... switched off...
the television... and...
most probably the brain...
    
                   ∀⅜ of the "truth"...
what's convenient for one party...
and inconvenient for the other...

                         the old sentiment: braille
vs. morse... binary for the latter...
d'ah and daesc... 0 1 0...
    and of course: semi-colon and comma
for... yawn...

▄    ▄▄▄                         (x4 for space)
▄▄▄                    (at)

▄  ▄▄▄  ▄                         (x2 for space)

▄  ▄  ▄                           (x2 for space)
▄▄▄                        (rest)


               ⠇⠕⠊⠞⠑⠗⠊⠝⠛ (l) -oitering...
                      
notably in:        -ingland...
                        the beginn-ing
   and the end-ing of pork: as history...
      including the history of sun-tann-ing...
              
      q: ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄  ▄  ▄▄▄ (x 1 / x 2 spacing)
       cue? queue?
                     as many interpretations
of a letter: as: 'ota...             designated pronoun...
loot of "about"...

            just perhaps: the lords of salem made
more comprehensive / cohesive arguments...
                penny-sweets arcade magic...
     rots the brain: loots the heart...
            leaves one's soul in a maze
                                of prosthetic limbs
and iron maidens.

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