Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Lars Gustafsson - a recent poem


When the curtain finally rises

When the curtain finally rises
the actors are already crowded on the stage.

Some we have to sort out right away.
‘The world, the flesh and the devil’

are about what we have time for in a normal life-span.

We must learn to show tolerance.
That the others, even though angels and demons,

cannot be given the same attention
is sad. But the list is decided from

act one, scene one, by
‘The world, the flesh and the devil’.

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