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WHY LOVE FAILS: MORE EPIGRAMS FROM SCARRIET
1. Why love fails. You like me? You must be stupid. You love me?? You must be really stupid! I can’t possibly love you. You hate me? What discernment! What wisdom! Come here! I love you! I love you!...
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WHY IS THERE MARILYN MONROE
Why is there Marilyn Monroe? She’s not my mother, but I think I know. Here’s the reason why this goddess must come into view (And perhaps it’s the same reason I get excited by you): To make all men...
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I ONLY KNOW POETRY
I only know poetry. I only know the beauty of your name. I don’t care what others say, or what others wear. I am not the same. I love you, but I was never here to be with you, Only to love you, love...
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WHAT IS MEANT FOR YOU
What is meant for you Is meant for everyone. Everyone’s love is the love that measures the love of everything I do. I sent this to you alone— But it belonged to someone else before me, And it doesn’t...
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LIFE IS
Life is long—too long for sorrow. If I die, rather than face a sad tomorrow, It’s because of life’s length; Had it been a day of sadness, then I would have the strength To continue, but these years...
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JUST A PICTURE OF YOU
There is a love who makes me love Sweetly and true And that love is your love. Just a picture of you. I’ve seen you go in for dinner With a beautiful friend or two And then I see your picture, And...
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LET THAT BE THE LOVE
Let that be the love: a silent understanding, In which you, nor I, ever have to speak. Love is too willful. Love is too demanding. We know we loved when both of us were weak And, for those kisses, I...
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EGOTISTICAL TEACHING
The problem with teaching is this: The best way to teach is to convey what is true to oneself, so that one is not disseminating second hand information; one can undoubtedly best teach what one really...
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A SEDUCER IS A VICTIM
A seducer is a victim. Only victims can have victims: For wrong begets wrong; Distortion must distort Discord’s beautiful song: Beautiful, because the discord Corrects its beautiful wrong,...
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I AM A FILM
I am a film. I go about, trying to explain my scenery to myself. The music in my headphones must be right if my soundtrack is to give pleasure; it can’t be a song with its own agenda; it has to rise...
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POETRY IS FOR FACES
You ask the cruel silence why More people don’t read poetry. The answer is missed because it’s too plain: Look at these faces boarding the train, Tired faces, no longer innocent, yearning, or young....
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LYRIC LOVE
Lyric love is done with you And lyric love is done with me, Because I’m the only lover Who wrote you poetry. Love is very common And lyrics are common, too. But I was the only lover Who wrote poetry...
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SENTIMENTALITY IS FOR MEN
“How you must think and wonder how I must feel out on the meadow while you were on the field. I’m alone for you and I cry.” Shaman’s Blues—The Doors There is a great confusion about the genders these...
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STOP STARING
Stop staring. You infiltrate my thoughts. You melt my beauty like the sun. Stop staring. Stop loving. I will run. I can be reached by a single look After the bombardment of a stare. I am crippled by a...
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IT’S NOT THAT GREAT
It’s not that great, Out with friends, laughing, drunk, late. I wish I had been home an hour ago, And sure it’s nice to know People you know and friends Are great, but when the night ends And I am...
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I EXPECT IN THESE HOURS
I expect in these hours You, and for the few minutes I actually crave You, no longer will I be brave. You will make me sad. I will be your slave. So I’m afraid these days must go on Without a signal,...
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LOVE DOESNT CARE WHICH WAY THE WIND IS BLOWING
Love doesn’t care which way the wind is blowing, Or who is wise, or who is knowing. Love doesn’t care which way the wind is blowing. Let’s say you get to the theater late. As long as there is kissing,...
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SHE LOVES WHAT SHE HATES
She loves what she hates— And so she loves me, And hating, like love, cannot be helped; We hate what we cannot see, For seeing is a kind of love, And is love, in the infinite eye. Hate obscures our...
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IS STUPIDITY SEXY?
Is stupidity sexy? Yes, I want to lie With stupidity in its nudity. Nothing has to be here. Your teasing smile after a beer. Now let’s have some fun. We’ll forget about the bible. And Psychology 101....
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I’M NOT LEAVING
I’m not leaving this planet ever. I will always be here. My poetry Will be read as long as the planet’s here. You will have to leave me, And only then, if you put my poems away. And even then, I’ll...
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