s-hayashi: Cascando - Samuel Beckett 1why not merely the despaired of occasion of wordshedis it not
s-hayashi: Cascando - Samuel Beckett 1why not merely the despaired of occasion of wordshedis it not better abort than be barrenthe hours after you are gone are so leaden they will always start dragging too soon the grapples clawing blindly the bed of want bringing up the bones the old loves sockets filled once with eyes like yours all always is it better too soon than never the black want splashing their faces saying again nine days never floated the loved nor nine months nor nine lives2saying again if you do not teach me I shall not learn saying again there is a last even of last times last times of begging last times of loving of knowing not knowing pretending a last even of last times of saying if you do not love me I shall not be loved if I do not love you I shall not lovethe churn of stale words in the heart again love love love thud of the old plunger pestling the unalterable whey of wordsterrified again of not loving of loving and not you of being loved and not by you of knowing not knowing pretending pretendingI and all the others that will love you if they love you3unless they love you── Samuel Beckett, 1936, from Collected Poems -- source link