Genghis Cohn
22-01-06, 06:25 PM
A man said to the universe:
"Sir I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."
In the desert In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,And ate of it.
I said: "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter-bitter," he answered;
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart."-- Stephen Crane (http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/index_poet_C.html#Crane)
"Sir I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."
In the desert In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,And ate of it.
I said: "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter-bitter," he answered;
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart."-- Stephen Crane (http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/index_poet_C.html#Crane)