PrinceMyshkin
08-13-2007, 09:41 AM
The Princess and I have in common a tolerance
for the extravagance of joy.
In our court we’ve abolished
the Golden Mean
and adopted as our national Motto
Nothing in Moderation.
*
I am Lear, doddering old,
vainglorious, self-deluded fool, and she
is young, naive Ophelia,
more than a little befuddled
by the onslought of this aged king’s
fury of desire. But,
--what’s this?--have we each
blundered into the other’s
drama?
*
Because of you
I draw more breath
into my lungs than they
were ever conditioned to hold
and there’s a trace in it
of the latest breath
you exhaled.
*
In Amsterdam, in Prague,
in the Holy city of Qum, in
my beloved, bloodied
Jerusalem, there are people
walking about, as much in love
as you or I,
and our love
blesses theirs.
for the extravagance of joy.
In our court we’ve abolished
the Golden Mean
and adopted as our national Motto
Nothing in Moderation.
*
I am Lear, doddering old,
vainglorious, self-deluded fool, and she
is young, naive Ophelia,
more than a little befuddled
by the onslought of this aged king’s
fury of desire. But,
--what’s this?--have we each
blundered into the other’s
drama?
*
Because of you
I draw more breath
into my lungs than they
were ever conditioned to hold
and there’s a trace in it
of the latest breath
you exhaled.
*
In Amsterdam, in Prague,
in the Holy city of Qum, in
my beloved, bloodied
Jerusalem, there are people
walking about, as much in love
as you or I,
and our love
blesses theirs.