The headline this evening: “Poland’s 1996 Nobel Poet Szymborska Dies at 88.”
Why do the good ones have to die?
(ans.: We all die, good and bad.)
(ans.: We all die, good and bad.)
Brain tumors, lung cancer, old age,
Suicide.
Why can’t they write forever?
(ans.: See above.)
(ans.: See above.)
How do the bad poets manage to thrive?
(ans.: There is no answer.)
(ans.: There is no answer.)
They should write instead
Survival manuals for the good.
Niech pani papierosy pali--tak wiele.
Niech pani papierosy pali--tak wiele.
Dobranoc, Pani Wisławo.
