Manifesto: Ars Poetica

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Manifesto: Ars Poetica

1. Do you think you're awake?

   I’m telling you you’re not.

   You're numb.

   You're in a slumber from which you'll arise when you’ll die.

2. In the beginning there was Jorge Luis.

After that, the story approached and it perturbed people's minds.

3. Which story brought you to life?

   Which story unearths you from nebulousness

   And throws you into the stars?

4. Luis is both your executioner and your healer –

   Do you understand?

   He tears you to pieces and comforts you at once.

   He smashes, he slashes, he simply turns to dust

   All that is false in you,

   He shakes you until all your dry thoughts fall away;

   All the words that are not yours

   But which you insist on repeating.

    Then, he caresses you with some profound truths

    But not hastily, no.

   First, you must prepare yourself

   For a pilgrimage.

5. Through you, Luis, the road leads beyond.