| 1 | You, a memory of loneliness, a single word wandering the mountain ridges of my brain over steep cliffs descending into cold ravines. Like a leopardess tormented by hunger, it moves swiftly without leaving a trace. The word tells me: it doesn't want to disappear into emptiness as if it'd never existed. It wants me to see it, to track it like a hunter, and find it in the memory, and speak its name aloud. But I really don't know where to put it. Word, where can I place you in this world? This world that's not even mine, a world of politicians, a world of businessmen. I'm walking here as if on a knife's edge, or in a maze. It's a maze indeed. Television and newspapers all teach us rules, the ins and outs of games. Everyone says you need money to be happy, to have dignity. I see the doors on the great maze opening wide. I don't want to enter. I'd rather face a single flower, a bird, a star. I'd rather shut myself in this room I'd rather let you, word... disappear. | 1 | You, a memory of loneliness, a single word |
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| | 2 | wandering the mountain ridges of my brain |
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| | 3 | over steep cliffs descending into cold ravines. |
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| | 4 | Like a leopardess tormented by hunger, |
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| | 5 | it moves swiftly without leaving a trace. |
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| | 6 | The word tells me: |
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| | 7 | it doesn’t want to disappear into emptiness |
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| | 8 | as if it'd never existed. It wants me to see it, to track it |
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| | 9 | like a hunter, and find it in the memory, |
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| | 10 | and speak its name aloud. But I really don't know |
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| | 11 | where to put it. Word, where can I place you |
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| | 12 | in this world? This world that's not even mine, |
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| | 13 | a world of politicians, a world of businessmen. |
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| | 14 | I'm walking here as if on a knife's edge, or in a maze. |
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| | 15 | It's a maze indeed. |
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| | 16 | Television and newspapers all teach us rules, |
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| | 17 | the ins and outs of games. Everyone says |
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| | 18 | you need money to be happy, to have dignity. |
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| | 19 | I see the doors on the great maze opening wide. |
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| | 20 | I don't want to enter. I'd rather |
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| | 21 | face a single flower, a bird, a star. I'd rather |
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| | 22 | shut myself in this room |
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| | 23 | I'd rather let you, word... disappear. |
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