Lorenz

The century

I\'m 100 and still a child .

Crossed-out  pages of the diary

of so many forgotten faces 

and buried lives .

Rain and boredom passengers .

I\'m 100 ,and I beg your pardon 

for all these illusions ...

I, who have invented so many destinies

of poets, musicians ,warriors and beggars.

With this girl it was not for ever .

Her womb remained sterile ,

cold empty bed in the heart of summer...

I walk in the echo of the voices 

that call out to me ,

claiming the price of betrayal .

Was I so disloyal ?

I\'m knocking on the door

of old adresses 

that do not open .

The blind stare at me in anger .

Deaf no longer listen to my blather .

Was I just a liar

with promises of happiness 

in the morning press ?

 Was I just a charming impostor ?

Prince of trends whose grimaces

made the glitterati  applaud ! 

 I\'m 100.

I\'ve seen tired walls crumble ,

burrying libertarian fantasies...

Human animals hungry 

for the venomous kiss 

of forbidden planets ,

wasting their seed  

under paparazzi\'s avide gaze ...

I breathed in the nothingness of lovers

immolated in the drunken faith 

of new times ...

 I\'m 100.

You\'ll be celebrating my death ,

enjoying the feast of my carcass .

 You ,who incensed me with laurels !

I\'m nothing but this grotesque 

Cesar of oblivion ...

The ploughing of my face ,

horrifies you ! 

But you carry me 

like purulent inner wound 

and incandescent remorse 

of some delicious sin .

Spider\'s slimy embrace ...

Take one last look at me !

I am this century that\'s fading away !

Ardent flesh of sorrow ...

 Throw away my memory 

at the milenary ossuary ...