DISPOSSESSION

Berthold Lippel

there is a time to give

there is a time to receive

a proverb written somewhere

by somebody long ago

for me.

now, with the weight of the years

choking me breathless

I understand at last.

I am giving away my books

(something I thought I would never do)

and giving away my music

(but nobody wants LP's any more)

and giving away my cameras

(no faces left to photograph)

and giving away my guns

(no one will harm me in my coffin)

and giving away my shirts

(suddenly too tight for me)

and giving away my god

(suddenly so small and boring)

and soon I will be left bent and naked

with nothing more to give

ready to receive the much promised

paradise, but with only one virgin

for all eternity.

  • Author: Berthold Lippel (Offline Offline)
  • Published: June 3rd, 2016 15:32
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  • lysistrata

    Bert,my friend,
    You are just tidying up.
    Then you would decide when to depart....
    But keep a couple of LPs so we could dance,
    I'd bring a Vintage Dom Pérignon,
    and we'd close with Ursula Le Guin's "The Dispossessed"... HAPPY now?😇👻

    • Berthold Lippel

      You make me happy
      For you I would postpone
      indefinitely



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