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Posted by malthus on August 24, 2004, at 0:40:43
for telling the truth
for lying a little
for lying more
for being yourself
for being real
for silencing yourself
for silencing myself
for stopping yourself from talking
for you dying
for you going
for you always being here
for my friends
for the ones I love
for those who love me
for everyone
for nothing
for what I don’t remember
for what I will never forget
for wanting
for loving
for hating
for committing suicide
for dying
for killing
for remembering
for forgetting
for coming out from under the bed
for jumping out the window
for knowing myself and for you knowing me
for kissing you
for a kiss being enough
for always wanting more
for it being enough
for wanting you to be mine
for not wanting you
for walking without shoes
for nothing mattering
for not worrying myself
for not knowing the truth
for you being able to show me
for understanding
for me being bewildered
for crying
for smiling
for laughing
for bursting into laughter
for being scared
for facing it
for being brave
for being violent
for assassinating
for reviving
for resuscitating
for hoping
for losing patience
for losing one’s mind
for losing myself in your arms
for not being so easy
for not being impossible
for reaching immortality
for wanting to lose it
for dying by your side.
Posted by B2chica on August 24, 2004, at 9:46:53
In reply to poem...Stupidity Without Fail, posted by malthus on August 24, 2004, at 0:40:43
incredible Malthus, your words are precise. i really like your voice.
thank you.
b2c.
Posted by Atticus on August 24, 2004, at 19:11:18
In reply to poem...Stupidity Without Fail, posted by malthus on August 24, 2004, at 0:40:43
I've always said that stupidity is the most potent force in human history, both in terms of making horrendous mistakes and in terms of driving stupendous achievements because some people are too "stupid" to know that reaching new heights is "impossible" -- so they go ahead and do it anyway. ;) Atticus
Posted by malthus on August 24, 2004, at 19:43:12
In reply to Re: poem...Stupidity Without Fail » malthus, posted by Atticus on August 24, 2004, at 19:11:18
> I've always said that stupidity is the most potent force in human history, both in terms of making horrendous mistakes and in terms of driving stupendous achievements...
~~ "because some people are too "stupid" to know that reaching new heights is "impossible" -- so they go ahead and do it anyway."~~
;) Atticus
I'm curious: Can you give me an example of someone who has done this? malthus
Posted by Atticus on August 25, 2004, at 8:40:40
In reply to Re: poem...Stupidity Without Fail » Atticus, posted by malthus on August 24, 2004, at 19:43:12
Well, by putting quote marks around the word "stupid," I meant to imply that I was using the word figuratively rather than literally to describe feats that others thought it was foolish to even attempt because they seemed so impossible, so absurdly over-ambitious. Such feats could conceivably cover a lot of territory, ranging from the scientific (flight with a heavier-than-air machine, the Wright brothers) to the social (using non-violent resistance to take on heavily armed regimes, Ghandi). I guess what I was trying to say is that notions that seem "stupid" to a lot of people in the end sometimes turn out to be brilliant. And, unfortunately, of course, vice versa. Atticus
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