segunda-feira, dezembro 22, 2025

Richard Siken

You want a better story. Who wouldn’t?
Someone has to leave first.
This is a very old story.
There is no other version of this story.
We are all going forward. None of us are going back.
Are you there, sweetheart? Do you know me?
This time everyone has the best intentions. You have cancer.
And then the question behind every question: What happens next?
Leave the gun on the table, this has nothing to do with happiness.
There is no way to make this story interesting.
Knot the tie and go to work. Unknot the tie and go to sleep.
I know history. There are many names in history
but none of them are ours.
In a word, in a phrase, it's a movie, you're the star,
So smile for the camera, it's your big scene,
you know your lines.
Let's just get going, let's just get gone.

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