Eugene Ostashevsky |
The Two-Dimensional Philosopher
We play at “Is it true I am real
and death will come”
We look at the photograph of the philosopher
The philosopher has the wet eyes of a rodent
Alas, but I am not real, says the philosopher
I am a photograph
In my photograph I am depicted
with my favorite phonograph
The phonograph plays through the day
What does it play, say?
I made love long ago
to somebody else
At least I think it was love
Love is, never having to say
boy
am I sorry
She took this photograph
of me and my favorite monograph
And then we played at “Is it true I am real
and death will come”
So what was your conclusion?
we ask the philosopher
Tell us
Tell us
Tell us
Deaf man, dead man
ancestor god
Deine Zunge ist rot
Your tongue is rot
The philosopher in the photograph
only clutches
his favorite monograph
cause language, what can it say
Eugene Ostashevsky
The Two-Dimensional Philosopher is reprinted from the collection Iterature (Ugly Duckling Presse).
Posted on November 18, 2006 6:53 AM