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Poem

Gaston Burssens

Despair

Along the sloping plain of the senses
the moon once pushed her stark light

And whoever ventured on this plain
has weighed himself
and lighter than the rays
has bent his own fragility

And this is good
The rays have not been violated yet
and the starkness of the light remains inviolate
Only the iron of your senses has been twisted
and has been weighed and found too light

DESPAIR

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Despair

Along the sloping plain of the senses
the moon once pushed her stark light

And whoever ventured on this plain
has weighed himself
and lighter than the rays
has bent his own fragility

And this is good
The rays have not been violated yet
and the starkness of the light remains inviolate
Only the iron of your senses has been twisted
and has been weighed and found too light

Despair

Along the sloping plain of the senses
the moon once pushed her stark light

And whoever ventured on this plain
has weighed himself
and lighter than the rays
has bent his own fragility

And this is good
The rays have not been violated yet
and the starkness of the light remains inviolate
Only the iron of your senses has been twisted
and has been weighed and found too light
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