Saturday, October 22, 2005

A Bad Morning

The silver poplar, a beauty of local fame
An old hag today. The lake
A puddle of dirty suds - do not touch:
The fuschia among the snap dragons cheap and vain.

But why?
Last night in a dream I saw fingers pointing at me
As at a leper. They were callous, stained with work and
They were broken.

You don't know! I cried,
Conscious of guilt.

Bertoldt Brecht

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